Category: Featured Broker

Mike Mele leads Cushman & Wakefield’s National Self-Storage Capital Markets Team. He works closely with private owners, institutional owners and investors around the country to maximize their self-storage real estate value. Having started his career in 1999, he’s since built an industry-leading team, which has closed over 700 transactions totaling more than $8.5 billion. With more than two decades of experience as a self-storage advisor, Mike is consistently recognized by industry organizations as well as national trade publications for his critical leadership, expertise and knowledge of the self-storage industry. Professional…

Joseph Mendola, Senior Vice President, has been employed by NAI Norwood Group, Inc. since 1980. He has managed every aspect of real estate acquisition and development projects for Norwood clients in Massachusetts since 1982. He has developed over $35 million of commercial property since that time, and he is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) of the National Association of REALTORS. With a special emphasis in brokering self-storage facilities, Joe covers the New England area for Argus Self Storage Advisors. Contact: Joseph Mendola, Senior Vice President NAI Norwood Group, Inc.…

The de Jong I Becher Self Storage Team, consisting of Tom de Jong, Jacob Becher, Nate Fliflet and Dana Chobor, has a combined 30 years of dedicated self-storage experience with an excess of $2 billion in closed transactions throughout the United States, including small single asset sales and large multi-property portfolios with record transaction volume for 2022. Our team actively communicates to all participants in the self-storage market on a daily basis and has the broadest reach among these active market participants.

Luke Elliott is the Vice Chairman of the Cushman & Wakefield Self Storage Advisory Group. He is responsible for Private Client and Mid-Market assignments in the firm’s national footprint. The Self-Storage Advisory Group represents private clients, institutional investors, and other financial institutions by advising them on acquisition tactics and strategic disposition of self-storage assets. In 2021 alone the Self-Storage Advisory Team closed 84 transactions and 188 facilities, bringing the team sales volume to over $2.3 Billion. Luke joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2019, as part of a large-scale, multi-market team…

In 2009, Mr. Loeffler formed The Loeffler Self-Storage Group – a commercial brokerage firm directed exclusively on representing the buyers and sellers of storage properties throughout the West. He has closed transactions ranging from a $33,000,000 lease-up portfolio to an $800,000 self-storage facility. Since 2002 he has sold over $400 Million worth of commercial properties. Prior to forming LS-SG, Bobby was a Vice President of Investments for Marcus & Millichap and was based out of their Roseville office. He was a Director of the National Self-Storage Group and received various…

Tenere Williams is a Senior Associate in the Elizabeth Clark Group at Douglas Elliman Commercial and is based out of the firm’s Beverly Hills office. Tenere’s 18 years in the real estate world have allowed him to build a business that is predicated on helping individuals, estates and families increase their net worth through the sales and acquisition of cash-flowing commercial real estate. Tenere’s expertise lies in 1) creating real estate portfolios for new investors and 2) helping to transfer equity from the sales of existing properties to higher-performing properties…

With experience in both residential and commercial property investments, Caroline provides an in-depth understanding and industry insights into the self storage real estate market. Prior to joining Storage Exchange, she worked as an event coordinator focused on philanthropic fundraising. Caroline attended the University of Colorado where she earned her BA from the college of media & communication and served as co-captain of the women’s Soccer team. Contact: Caroline Holliday – Associate, Storage Exchange caroline@storageexchange.com

Kirk Martin, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – LA Crosse with a degree in Finance and Accounting, covers the Midwest territories for Lindsey Self Storage Group. Kirk has facilitated several transactions in the Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas markets. While ensuring his clients achieve the maximum sale price for each transaction through his work ethic and deep market knowledge, Kirk takes pride in developing relationships that go beyond the profit and loss statements.

Evan joined Franklin Storage Advisors in July of 2021 where he was tasked with developing the brokerage division of Pogoda Companies. Adrian College awarded him with a Bachelor of Business degree in 2018. He began his career in residential real estate with Realteam Real Estate in Metro Detroit as soon as he graduated from college. He sold over 100 units, totaling over $15,000,000 in sales in his first three years of business. Evan’s primary focus is the sale of self storage assets and the development of client relationships throughout both…

Gabriel Coe is a senior managing director of investments with the Hatcher Coe Group of Marcus & Millichap. In his first eight years with Marcus & Millichap, Gabriel has sold over $4 billion in self storage transactions, representing properties in 33 states. Gabriel and his team closed 294 properties in 2022 totaling over $2.1 billion in sales. Gabriel is currently ranked first (tied with his partner Brett Hatcher) within the National Self Storage Group at Marcus & Millichap and ranked ninth (tied with his partner Brett Hatcher) of all Marcus…