SMARTBOX Arrives in West Palm Beach
Portable Self Storage Firm Opens Second Florida Location

RICHMOND, Va., August 16, 2007 – SMARTBOX, recently named to the “Franchise 50” by the Franchise Business Review, today announces it will bring its convenient portable self storage and moving solutions to the West Palm Beach, Fla., area. With its entry into West Palm Beach – the company’s second foray into Florida (Jacksonville) – SMARTBOX has opened 12 new franchises in the past year and a half and boasts a national footprint that stretches from coast to coast.

Since the start of 2006, SMARTBOX has opened or announced franchises in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Jacksonville, Fla., Los Angeles (opening next month), Minneapolis/St. Paul, New Orleans, Raleigh, N.C., and San Antonio. The West Palm Beach franchise (warehouse will be located at 3900 Fiscal Ct. Suite 700 in Riviera Beach) is expected to open in early September and service areas from Boca Raton to Port St. Lucie and points in between.

“Our moving and storage solutions continue to be a convenient fit in the markets we enter,” said Dusty Rhodes, vice president of business development for SMARTBOX. “We are excited about our second market in Florida and the tremendous management team we have in place.”

SMARTBOX of West Palm Beach will be led by Cam Morrison, Steve McCann and Brad Clark, serial entrepreneurs with extensive backgrounds in marketing, warehousing and distribution.

The trio joins a growing list of young entrepreneurs that have opened SMARTBOX franchises:
• Dave Borden (Co-founder and former CEO of Rentclicks.com – now a PRIMEDIA company) of SMARTBOX of Denver
• Brian and Peter Given of SMARTBOX of Los Angeles (commercial real estate professionals)
• Greg Kaufman and Lee Bolnick of SMARTBOX of Chicagoland (banking and insurance professionals)
• Charley MacKenzie and Matt Bowry (founders of MacKenzie Equity Partners LLC) of SMARTBOX of Baltimore

SMARTBOX, founded in 2004, enables residential and commercial users to pack and load their belongings at their convenience in containers that are 8 feet long, 7 feet tall and 5 feet wide and can hold the contents of up to 1½ rooms (3,000 pound capacity).

When they’ve finished packing their Smartboxes, users can call SMARTBOX to pick them up and deliver them for storage in one of its secure warehouses or moving to another location – across town or across the country – through its SMARTCARE service. Some users store their Smartboxes at their homes or offices.

About SMARTBOX
SMARTBOX is a leader in the portable self-storage industry, offering individuals and businesses affordable and convenient storage and local and long-distance moving solutions. Based in Richmond, Va., SMARTBOX services over 60 million people in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, Denver, Fredericksburg, Va., Jacksonville, Fla., Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New Orleans, Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Va., Raleigh, N.C., Richmond, Va., San Antonio, and West Palm Beach, Fla. For a complete list of locations, please visit www.smartboxusa.com.