{"id":3854,"date":"2023-05-29T12:29:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T12:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=3854"},"modified":"2023-05-29T12:29:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T12:29:35","slug":"featured-broker-mike-mele-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/featured-broker-mike-mele-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Broker: Mike Mele"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3855\" src=\"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Featured-Broker_-Mike-Mele.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"350\" \/>Mike Mele leads Cushman &amp; Wake\ufb01eld\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Professional Expertise:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mike Mele, Vice Chairman, leads Cushman &amp; Wakefield\u2019s national Self-Storage Advisory Group, which represents clients ranging from private investors to large-scale REITs in the development, expansion, consolidation, acquisition and disposition of self-storage assets. Mr. Mele began his career in self-storage investment sales in 1999. He went on to build an industry-leading team, which he brought to Cushman &amp; Wakefield in 2019.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Based in Tampa, the 22-member, multi-market team has closed more than 700 self-storage transactions totaling more than $8.5 billion. In 2021 alone, the team closed 84 deals for 188 total properties in 35 states.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">With over two decades of experience as a self storage advisor, Mr. Mele\u2019s expertise and vast contributions to the industry have made him a key advisor in the self storage market. He is consistently recognized by industry organizations as well as national and trade publications for his critical leadership, expertise and knowledge of the self storage industry.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Accomplishments:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Chairman\u2019s Circle of Excellence Award, Marcus &amp; Millichap<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Chairman\u2019s Club Award, Marcus &amp; Millichap<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Top 5 Self Storage Sales Broker, Marcus &amp; Millichap: 1999 \u2013 2000, 2002 \u2013 2012, 2014 \u2013 2018<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">National Achievement Award, Marcus &amp; Millichap: 2003 \u2013 2008, 2010 \u2013 2018.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">13-time <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">N<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">o.1 Broker in Marcus &amp; Millichap\u2019s Tampa Office<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Top 1 Producer &#8211; Tampa Office, Cushman &amp; Wakefield 2022<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Top 5 Producer &#8211; Tampa Office, Cushman &amp; Wakefield- 2019, 2020, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Top 50 Producer Nationally with Cushman &amp; Wakefield-2019, 2020, 2021, 2022<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Professional Recognitions:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">National Self Storage Association (SSA) \u2013 Member<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">National Association of Realtors (NAR) \u2013 Member<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Florida Self Storage Association (FSSA) \u2013 Legislative Committee Member, Past-President<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Education:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u2022 <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Bachelor of Science, West Chester University<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Mele leads Cushman &amp; Wake\ufb01eld\u2019s 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\u2019s 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. 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