With a reputation as a key player in self storage investment sales, James “Ashley” Compton has sold or listed more than 19.3 million square feet of self storage over the course of his 18-year brokerage career. These transactions are valued in excess of $2.02 billion and place Ashley among top national producers. Upon joining Colliers’ Nashville office in 2016, Ashley was named a national director of self storage investment sales.
While obtaining his undergraduate degree, Ashley launched his career as an acquisitions analyst for a self storage REIT. His brokerage experience began at CBRE, where he quickly developed the firm’s Nashville-area practice into a well-known national brand. In 2014 and 2015, CBRE recognized Ashley as the firm’s highest-grossing national self storage producer. Ashley has served diverse clients including Childress Klein, Bank of America, GE Capital Corporation, Babcock & Brown, Westport Properties, Regions Bank and U-Haul International.
Before acquiring a master’s of business administration with a concentration in accounting from the University of Mississippi’s School of Business, Ashley earned a bachelor’s in finance and real estate from the University of Memphis.
