Self-storage brokerage from someone who owns and runs storage.
Garden Street Commercial helps owners sell, buy and value self-storage and commercial property across Minnesota and the Upper Midwest.
Two practices, one standard
Most of the work is self storage. The same underwriting discipline carries into every other commercial deal.
Garden Street Storage Group
For owners of single facilities and small portfolios: drive-up, climate-controlled, conversions and expansion sites.
- Facility salesPositioning, marketing and negotiating the sale of your facility to qualified buyers.
- AcquisitionsFinding and underwriting facilities for buyers and investors.
- ValuationsAn honest opinion of value built on real street rates, occupancy and expenses.
Commercial real estate
For owners and buyers of small-bay industrial, retail centers and other commercial property.
- Investment salesRepresenting sellers and buyers of income-producing property.
- Owner-user dealsHelping businesses buy or sell the buildings they operate from.
- Value-add and conversionsEvaluating underused buildings for storage or other higher uses.
Why it matters that your broker is also an operator
Underwriting like a buyer
I look at your rent roll, street rates and expense load the way a buyer will, so the asking price holds up in due diligence.
Knowing where value hides
Rate management, unit mix, ancillary income and deferred maintenance all move price. Operating facilities shows you which ones buyers pay for.
Speaking the buyer's language
Lien procedures, management transitions and occupancy trends come up in every storage deal. You get answers instead of follow-up calls.
Selling your facility
A clear sequence, with no obligation until you decide to list.
Valuation
We review your financials and the property, and I give you a realistic value range.
Preparation
We clean up the numbers and documents buyers will ask for before going to market.
Marketing
Your facility goes to qualified buyers, with offers vetted for terms and certainty, not just price.
Closing
I manage due diligence, financing questions and timelines through to the closing table.
Nick Anderson
I built my self-storage portfolio from the ground up and still own and operate facilities in Minnesota. That work is the foundation of the brokerage: every recommendation I make is one I would make with my own property.
Garden Street Commercial is named for the street I lived on in college. The firm focuses on self storage, with a commercial practice for the owners and investors I meet along the way.
Thinking about selling, buying or just what your property is worth?
Start with a conversation. There's no cost for an initial valuation and no pressure to list.
- nick@gardenstreetcommercial.com
- Service area
- Minnesota and the Upper Midwest