Shurgard Europe centralizes European Marketing Communications with in-house consultancy from The Constellation GroupLondon, September 1 2005 – Shurgard Europe, a self storage real estate investment trust, has appointed The Constellation Group, a leading provider of European Public Relations services to enterprises, international organisations and government agencies, to manage its European Public Relations Campaign. The Constellation Group was chosen to improve interaction with Shurgard’s stakeholders in Europe, to help drive greater efficiency and productivity in its marketing communications, and increase corporate branding. Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc. is a leading self-storage real estate investment trust, or REIT, that develops, acquires, invests in, operates and manages self-storage centers and related operations in the United States and in Western Europe. Its self-storage centers offer easily accessible storage space for personal and business uses. The company is one of the largest owners and operators of self-storage centers in the United States and the largest owner in Europe. Today, Shurgard operate an international network of 656 operating properties containing approximately 41 million net rentable square feet. The total includes 497 centers in the United States and 159 storage centers in Europe. "We selected The Constellation Group because we needed a professional PR partner that could provide us with a clear upgrade path to support our business growth in Europe in the long run," said Steven De Tollenaere, European Managing Director "We Are Part Of Your Marketing Team” should enable us to consolidate all Public Relations operations in a single system at a predictable price, with the option to adopt additional services to meet business requirements later." About The Constellation GroupThe Constellation Group is a leading provider of Public Relations services in Europe to commercial enterprises, international organizations and government agencies. Through its two offerings, European Public Relations with a Local Touch™, a comprehensive marketing solution, and our "We Are Part of Your Marketing Team"™, its In-House PR Campaign offering, The Constellation Group offers unique and dedicated marketing support capable of providing an integrated pan-European solution. The Constellation Group manage an international network of professional marketing communications firms to deliver fast, cost-effective business development, sales support, and branding capabilities using text, video, image and audio information, in multiple languages. More than 250 customers in 30 countries rely on The Constellation Group’s networked PR partners to power a broad range of integrated marketing communications services that are second to none. For more information, contact The Constellation Group at +32 498 513 077, via e-mail at info@prconstellation.com or on the Web at www.prconstellation.com. About Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc.Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc. is a real estate investment trust headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Shurgard specializes in all aspects of the self-storage industry and operates a network of over 640 operating storage centers located throughout the United States and in Europe. Cautionary and Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains statements that are not based on historical fact and are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this release concerning the beliefs, expectations, intentions, future events, future performance, business prospects and business strategy in the United States and Europe, including statements regarding projections for 2005 and beyond, are based on several assumptions. If any of these assumptions are not satisfied or prove to be incorrect, actual results could differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, depending on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, Shurgard's ability to implement its business strategy, competition in the market, as well as other risk factors as described more fully in Shurgard's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2005, and its report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, filed on May 10, 2005. The information presented in this release reflects Shurgard's expectations as of the date of this release. Except as required by law, Shurgard undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information herein.
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