Published August 2004

Clock Tower Self Storage:
Meeting growing demand for space

Snohomish County Business Journal/JOHN WOLCOTT With 650 units, Clock Tower Self Storage in Marysville is the largest such facility in the city. Overseen by Manager David Fuller, Clock Tower has more than 40 different unit sizes.

By John Wolcott
SCBJ Editor

Looking for a more distinctive “landmark” image in the highly competitive self-storage marketplace in Snohomish County, Marysville’s Clock Tower facility recently transformed its former lighthouse into a brick clock pedestal.

“We were already a well-known landmark here that people used for a reference point in giving directions, but this will make our image much more distinctive,” said Manager David Fuller, who came to the area to open the facility more than six years ago. The business has two other Clock Tower facilities, in Mill Creek and Kent.

Fuller said the tower is a community asset, too, since its satellite-linked clocks are continually adjusted automatically to provide the exact time for the general public.

With 650 units, the Marysville facility at 8119 State Ave. is the largest of a half-dozen self-storage facilities in the city. Next year, it will add another 80 units on the north side of the NAPA and Marysville Globe building that is adjacent to the storage center.

The company has also invested in a sophisticated security system, he said, with video cameras and a panel of monitoring screens, motion sensors, a digitally controlled security gate and individual alarms on each unit.

Fuller said population growth in north Snohomish County has greatly increased the demand for storage centers, but being able to compete well in that market has kept a high percentage of his units rented.

There are more than 40 different unit sizes, including heated and unheated spaces, plus truck rentals, boxes and other items needed for moving, including the free use of four-wheeled moving carts. UPS and FedEx deliveries can be made to the facility for each unit, and there are discounts for military and seniors.

More information is available on the company’s new Web site, www.clocktowerstorage.com, or by calling 360-0651-7500. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week.

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