HOUSTON — A joint venture between two Houston-based investment firms, LandPark Advisors and Sunset Capital, has acquired a portfolio of eight self-storage facilities totaling approximately 1,440 units. The facilities span 237,735 net rentable square feet and are scattered across several markets in East Texas, including Wylie, Hallsville, Flint, Longview and Carthage. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program and has tapped Right Move Storage LLC to lead that initiative and manage the portfolio. Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investment group based in East Texas, in the transaction, and procured the joint venture as the buyer. The sales price was not disclosed.
NORMAN, OKLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Cambridge Mini Storage, a 754-unit self-storage facility in Norman, located south of Oklahoma City. The facility totals 87,700 net rentable square feet. Bryan Quaschnick, Brandon Karr and Danny Cunningham of Marcus & Millichap represented the locally based seller in the transaction and procured a Dallas-based private partnership as the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
PLEASANTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Budget Self Storage, a 234-unit facility in Pleasanton, about 35 miles south of San Antonio. The facility was built in 1995 and totals 28,275 net rentable square feet of non-climate-controlled space. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were limited liability companies that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
FORT WALTON BEACH, FLA. — U-Haul has completed the development of a new, 800-unit self-storage facility in Fort Walton Beach dubbed U-Haul Moving & Storage of the Emerald Coast. Located at 200 Irwin Ave., the facility comprises 138,000 square feet. U-Haul acquired the property, which was originally constructed in 1971 and formerly housed a J.M. Fields department store and Kmart, in 2019. The acquisition and adaptive reuse of the site aligns with U-Haul’s corporate sustainability initiatives, and the company worked with the Audubon Society to maintain a bird-friendly rooftop for the threatened Least Turn and Black Skimmer species.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Camp Lane Storage, a 197-unit facility located in the northwest Texas city of Amarillo. The property 24,440 spans square feet of net rentable, non-climate-controlled space and also includes 20 outdoor parking spaces. Arol Horkavy and Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.
DAYTON, OHIO — Versal has arranged the sale of Storage Sense, a 561-unit self-storage property located in Dayton. Originally built as a single-tenant retail center, the facility comprises 65,495 square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller, Delaware-based Cobblestone Capital. The team also procured the buyer, Nevada-based Amerco Real Estate Co. The sales price was not disclosed.
HAZELWOOD, MO. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of a Bill’s U-Store self-storage facility in Hazelwood, a northern suburb of St. Louis. The sales price was undisclosed. The property features 489 non-climate-controlled units and totals 64,440 net rentable square feet. George Kondracke, Brian Kelly, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The asset sold to a private out-of-state buyer.
DEL VALLE, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has arranged the sale of FM 812 Storage, a 257-unit facility in Del Valle, a southeastern suburb of Austin. The facility spans approximately 43,250 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the buyer, an Austin-based family partnership, in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
MAGNOLIA, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has arranged the sale of Big League Storage, a 129-unit facility located about 45 miles northwest of Houston in Magnolia. The facility spans 22,800 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller, a Texas-based entity doing business as Big League Enterprises LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured a North Carolina-based limited liability company as the buyer.
MCALLEN, TEXAS — A partnership between San Antonio-based Bakke Development Corp. and Atlanta-based Batson-Cook Development Co. has broken ground on an 802-unit self-storage facility in the Rio Grande Valley city of McAllen. Designed by Alamo Architects and built by Independent Contractors Inc., SharyBak Storage will be a three-story building that will sit on two acres at 4901 E. Expressway 83. Frost Bank provided construction financing for the project, which is slated for a first-quarter 2024 completion. The development follows the partnership’s start of construction on a 781-unit self-storage facility in McAllen earlier this year.