Multidimensional Sparse Matrix Representation

I've been going through the forum archives for an efficient solution to multidimensional sparse matrix representation in Matlab, and have seen recommendations for storing these arrays as pages of cell arrays of sparse matrices. Has any new functionality been added to Matlab that stores these arrays without having to use cells?

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[the cyclist]

This submission to the File Exchange is an option.

I have not used it myself, but it is highly rated.