Self-storage portfolio trades to Andover Properties

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4, 2024 –  JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has completed the sale of a six-property self-storage portfolio totalling 468,266 rentable square feet in the Philadelphia MSA and the Tampa, Sarasota and Fort Myers areas of West Florida.

JLL’s National Self-Storage team represented the seller, a partnership between Metro Self Storage and Heitman, and procured the buyer, Andover Properties. The properties were operated and managed under the Metro Self Storage brand at the time of sale and will be rebranded to Andover’s Storage King USA brand.

The portfolio consists of three properties in the Philadelphia MSA: 1354 Hook Rd. in Sharon Hill, 3952 N Providence Rd. in Newtown Square, and 4440 E Bristol Rd. in Trevose. The Florida properties include: 3501 Gandy Blvd. in Pinellas Park, 619 Cattlemen Rd. in Sarasota, and 17625 Tamiami Trail in Fort Myers. All six facilities are very well positioned within affluent and densely populated trade areas with excellent histories of self-storage outperformance.

Brian Somoza, who leads JLL’s self-storage team nationally, commented, “Capital continues to gravitate towards self-storage given its defensive cash flow profile and time-tested resilience across multiple down cycles.”

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Heitman is a global real estate investment management firm with nearly $50 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2024. Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Chicago, Heitman has 10 offices worldwide and is an active participant in the global real estate property and capital markets. Heitman makes real estate investments through private equity, debt, and publicly-traded real estate securities.

Metro Storage LLC is a privately owned, fully integrated, international self-storage company specializing in the development, construction, acquisition, and management of self-storage facilities in the USA and Central America. Metro operates under the registered trademark "Metro Self Storage®" in the US and is one of the largest owner/operators of self-storage facilities in the United States with over 85 stores covering 11 states. Metro Storage International (MSI) has an affiliate/partner in Central America which operates under the trade name "Mr. B's" and is Central America's leading self-storage operator with locations throughout Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. More information about the firm is available at metrostoragecorporate.com.

Andover Properties is an investment firm specializing in alternative real estate asset classes such as self storage, manufactured housing, RV parks, small bay industrial, and car washes. It is one of the largest private owner-operators of self storage facilities in the U.S. with a portfolio totalling over 14 million square feet across 169 facilities in 19 states operating under the Storage King USA brand. Founded in 2003 by Brian and William Cohen, Andover is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Miami and San Francisco. For more information, visit andoverprop.com.