About Northline
We rent storage the way we'd want it rented to us.
Northline Self Storage is a family business with six buildings between Brooklyn Park and Woodbury. No private-equity owner, no regional call center — just managers who live near the buildings they run and plow the lot before you wake up.
- 16 years
- Locally owned in the Twin Cities
- 6
- Neighborhood facilities
- 4.8 / 5
- From 2,841 verified reviews
- 9 min
- Average online rental time
How we got here
Forty units, one snowblower, and a phone that actually got answered.
In 2009 Dave and Marta Lindquist bought a half-empty warehouse on Zane Avenue because the storage place they'd used during their own move never picked up the phone. They cleaned it out over a winter, framed forty units, and handed out their cell number to every renter.
Sixteen years later that cell number still rings — it just forwards to whichever manager is closest. We've added five buildings since, and each one was bought or built because a neighborhood asked for it, not because a spreadsheet did.
Why we're here
Storage shows up in the messiest weeks of a person's life — a move, a divorce, a death, a business finally outgrowing a garage. Our job is to be the one part of that week that is simple, honest and warm.
- Quote the real price, including the month you move out.
- Answer the phone in three rings during office hours.
- Keep the building clean enough to store our own things in it.
What makes us different
Four things we've never traded away, even when it cost us a rental.
One family, not a fund
Northline has never been sold. The people who set the prices are the people you'll meet in the office.
Managers who live nearby
Every manager lives within six miles of their facility. They know which aisle floods and which door sticks in January.
No fee theater
$0 admin fee, no deposit, no mandatory insurance. The number on the website is the number you pay.
Ten days' notice, always
Month-to-month means month-to-month. Tell us ten days out and we prorate what's left.
How we treat people
Our whole service philosophy fits on an index card.
- 01
Walk them to the unit
Nobody rents a size from a chart. We open three doors and let you decide in person.
- 02
Say the hard number first
Rate increases get a letter 45 days out with the reason written in plain English.
- 03
Never upsell in a crisis
If a 5x10 fits, we rent the 5x10 — even when the 10x10 is sitting empty.
- 04
Fix it the same day
A stuck door or a dead light is a same-day call-out, not a ticket in a queue.
Buildings & security
What 'clean and secure' actually means here
Every Northline building runs the same checklist, whether it opened in 2009 or last spring.
- Cameras on every aisleRecorded 24/7, retained 30 days, reviewed by the manager after any reported issue.
- Individual gate codesYour code timestamps every entry and exit. Add or remove people yourself in the portal.
- Daily walk-throughManagers walk every hallway each morning: lights, latches, leaks, litter.
- Pest and humidity programQuarterly professional service plus humidity logging in all climate buildings.
- Snow before sixLots and aprons are cleared before 6am gate open, every storm, no exceptions.
- Lit to the lot lineLED coverage inside and out, with motion lighting in every interior corridor.
Sixteen years, six buildings
2009
Brooklyn Park opens
Forty units in a rebuilt warehouse on Zane Ave N.
2013
St. Louis Park
Our first purpose-built drive-up site, with aisles sized for 26-foot trucks.
2014
Northline Neighbors begins
Free units donated to four Twin Cities nonprofits — renewed every year since.
2017
Roseville & Eagan
Fully interior climate storage, plus covered RV canopies south of the river.
2021
Online rental launches
Lease, pay and get a gate code from your phone in about nine minutes.
2024
Woodbury opens
Our sixth building — every unit ground floor, every door drive-up.
The people you'll actually meet
No regional call center. Every name below works in a Northline building and answers its phone.
- MLMarta LindquistCo-founder & owner
Still signs off on every rate change herself.
Brooklyn ParkSince 2009
- DLDave LindquistCo-founder & facilities
Drives all six lots after every snowfall.
Brooklyn ParkSince 2009
- RORenee OkaforDistrict manager
Trains every new manager on the walk-the-unit rule.
RosevilleSince 2015
- TDTomás DelgadoManager, Eagan
Knows the turning radius of every RV on the lot.
EaganSince 2017
- SBSarah BoydManager, Maple Grove
Runs business receiving and the loading dock schedule.
Maple GroveSince 2019
- KMKevin MarshManager, Woodbury
Opened the newest building and lives four blocks away.
WoodburySince 2024
In the neighborhood
We keep our rent money on this side of the river.
Northline Neighbors
Free 10x10 units for four Twin Cities nonprofits, renewed every year since 2014.
Storm season drop-off
Our lots are collection points for the North Suburban Relief drive each spring.
Hire local
Every manager lives within six miles of the facility they run.
“The manager walked me to three different units until I was sure. Nobody rushed me and nobody upsold me. That is rare these days.”
Come see a building before you rent
Search your ZIP for the closest Northline, or call and a manager will walk you through three open units on the phone.
Prefer to talk? (612) 555-0148
Find storage near you
Six neighborhood facilities across the Twin Cities.
Questions about a current rental? Contact us or call (612) 555-0148.