Since inception in 2015
Baranof has been 100% self storage focused with experience in developing, acquiring, and asset managing over $1.5 billion in self storage asset value to date.
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Institutionally Minded
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Relationship Driven
Full service team of development and investment professionals
With no leasing costs or tenant improvements, minimal capital expenditures, and a diverse and captive rent roll, self storage generates consistent and predictable cash flow.
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Cash Flow
High operating margins with minimal expenses provide excellent risk adjusted returns.
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Margins
Diversified rent rolls and month to month leases make self storage a top inflation hedge asset class.
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Protected
Self Storage has been a top real estate asset class performer in recent economic downturns including the Coronavirus Pandemic and Financial Crisis of ‘07-09.
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Resilient
45% of the U.S. market share of self storage consists of Institutional quality assets not currently owned by a Storage REIT.
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Consolidation
Consistent growth in utilization per capita and outsized demand from younger generations continue to drive industry demand.
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trends beyond
population growth