SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. Appoints Kevin Friedman as Director of Acquisitions
February 02, 2021 at 10:30 pm IST
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SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. announced that Kevin Friedman has been hired as Director of Acquisitions, effective immediately. Within his role, Friedman will be responsible for the underwriting of self storage acquisitions for SmartStop and affiliated companies, as well as developing relationships across the industry. Kevin brings over six years of experience most recently with Metro Storage LLC. At Metro Storage, Kevin served as Director of Acquisitionsand was responsible for procuring facility and land acquisitions across all U.S. markets. In his tenure at Metro Storage LLC, Kevin also served as Financial Analyst and Senior Financial Analyst, where he was directly involved in over $700 million of acquisition and development deals. Kevin is a graduate of the University of Denver and a Certified CommercialInvestment Member (CCIM).
SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SmartStop) is a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) with a fully integrated operations team of approximately 500 self-storage professionals focused on growing the SmartStop Self Storage brand. SmartStop, through its indirect subsidiary SmartStop REIT Advisors, LLC, also sponsors other self-storage program. SmartStop owns or manages portfolio of approximately 196 operating properties in 22 states and Canada, comprising approximately 138,100 units and 15.6 million rentable square feet. SmartStop and its affiliates own or manage approximately 34 operating self-storage properties in Canada, which total approximately 29,700 units and 3.0 million rentable square feet. Its segments include self-storage operations and Managed REIT Platform business. It focuses on investing in self-storage facilities and related self-storage real estate investments that are expected to support sustainable stockholder distributions over the long term.