PODS buying largest franchisee

CLEARWATER — PODS Enterprises Inc. has purchased all the assets of Storage Mobility LLC, the nation's largest PODS franchisee.

Storage Mobility LLC is a subsidiary of Andell Inc., a private investment firm and family office in Los Angeles. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The purchase was done as part of the moving and storage company's new strategic focus on owning and operating more of its local markets. The addition of Storage Mobility's business assets increases the number of markets in which PODS Enterprises operates by 21. The nearly 10-year-old Storage Mobility LLC has operations in California, Colorado, Idaho, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, New York, Washington and Utah.