LOS ANGELES — Byline Bank’s commercial real estate team has provided a $13.6 million construction loan to Madison Capital Group for a new self-storage property in the Los Angeles submarket of Paramount. The infill project will total 845 units, including 841 temperature-controlled units and four non-temperature-controlled units. Madison Capital Partners’ self-storage brand Go Store It will manage the property. Madison will demolish an existing and obsolete industrial property on the site to make way for the self-storage facility. Joanne Campanile, Sam Duros and Ana Garcia of Byline Bank managed the loan transaction on behalf of the borrower, working directly with Eric Lentz of Madison Capital Group Holdings. The Talonvest Capital Team of Eric Snyder, Kim Bishop and Ivan Viramontes brokered the deal.
CEDAR CITY, UTAH — A private equity group has sold Storage General Cedar, a 456,758-square-foot storage facility in Cedar City, for an undisclosed sum. Featuring 2,133 units and 456,758 total net rentable square feet, Storage General Cedar is the largest self-storage asset in Utah, according to Marcus & Millichap, which brokered the sale. The facility features electronic gate access, drive-up units with roll-up doors, wide drive aisles, RV/boat/trailer storage and parking, commercial shops available for rent, online rentals and unit management. The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller via Jordan Farrer of the firm’s Salt Lake City office and Adam Schlosser of the firm’s Denver office. The buyer and price were not disclosed.
SEATTLE – Stuf, a self-storage startup company, has entered the Seattle market with two new locations. Stuf partners with property owners to monetize basements, garages and other spaces in buildings as tech-enabled storage. This model creates new cash flow opportunities for landlords while providing local communities with an easy-to-access and secure environment to store personal belongings, business inventory and more. Stuf’s first Seattle location is at 220 Second Ave. South in Seattle’s Pioneer Square district. Rubicon Point Partners owns the property. As part of the owner’s repositioning of the building, it partnered with Stuf to monetize 3,500 square feet of existing basement space into tech-enabled storage. Wright Runstad & Co. developed 400 University St., which will host Stuf’s downtown Seattle location. The startup is transforming 5,500 square feet of sub-grade mezzanine space in the 10-story office building into tech-enabled storage accessible through the garage level directly below the building.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Space City Self Storage, a 400-unit facility located about 10 miles south of downtown Houston. The facility consists of nine buildings that house 225 non-climate-controlled units and 175 climate-controlled units for a total of 57,545 net rentable square feet. Dave Knobler and Charles LeClaire of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Houston-based limited liability company, in the deal. The duo also procured the buyer, an Arizona-based REIT. Both parties requested anonymity.
GALVESTON AND BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has negotiated the sale of a portfolio of two self-storage facilities totaling 790 units in Galveston and Baytown. The facilities, which are together known as the Watson & Taylor Portfolio, total 104,830 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the Texas-based seller in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, New York-based owner-operator Andover Properties, which is perhaps best known for its Storage King USA brand.
BEAUMONT AND NEDERLAND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a portfolio of seven self-storage facilities totaling 2,627 units in southeast Texas. The properties were constructed in the 1970s and 1980s and total 389,501 net rentable square feet. Two of the properties are located in Beaumont, and two are located in Nederland, with the other facilities located in Groves, Bridge City and Orange. Dave Knobler and Charles LeClaire of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a California-based liability company that purchased the portfolio in 2018, in the transaction. The duo also secured the buyer, a North Carolina-based limited liability company.
HATTIESBURG, MISS. — Franklin Street has arranged the sale of Hattiesburg Climate Controlled Storage, a 404-unit self-storage facility located at 7329 US Highway 98 in Hattiesburg. Mississippi-based Anderson Construction purchased the facility from Atlanta-based Highline Storage Partners for an undisclosed price. Frank DeSalvo and David Perlleshi of Franklin Street’s National Self-Storage Team represented both parties in the transaction. The newly built, climate-controlled facility spans 50,225 rentable square feet and features keyless entry and video surveillance.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Irvine-based Gantry has secured $40 million in acquisition financing for four separate purchases of self-storage properties in Tennessee and Florida. Totaling 286,000 rentable square feet, the properties include three Storelocal Self Storage properties in Franklin and Spring Hill, Tenn., and a U.S. Storage Center facility in Tampa. Andy Bratt and Amit Tyagi of Gantry arranged the fixed-rate loans through separate life insurance companies on behalf of the borrower, a multi-generational private family that is buying the properties in a 1031 exchange. Two of the loans were bridge loans and two were permanent loans.
AURORA, COLO. — A 1031 exchange buyer has acquired a self-storage facility in Aurora for $2 million. The facility is located at 1521 Oswego St. It features 180 storage units, plus a management office and apartment. The lot is two blocks away from the Anshutz Medical Campus. The buyer was able to sell multiple apartment buildings to exchange into this new venture. Quentin Shore, Chris Knowlton and Jim Knowlton of the Knowlton Lawson Team at Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors arranged the transaction.
LAWRENCEVILLE AND LILBURN, GA. — CBRE’s Self Storage Advisory Group has brokered the $43.6 million sale of a portfolio comprising three self-storage properties within metro Atlanta’s Gwinnett County. Located at 2600 Lawrenceville Highway and 1475 Grayson Highway in Lawrenceville and 3950 Five Forks Trickum Road in Lilburn, the properties total 242,500 square feet and 1,912 units. The occupancy rate was 94 percent at the time of sale. CBRE represented the seller, Gwinnett Self Storage, in the transaction. Wentworth Property Co. acquired the portfolio.