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Cris Burnam and his team have completed some of the largest self storage acquisition deals in the world including the multi billion purchase of Manhattan Mini, co funded by Bill Gates personal investment fund. His platform operates stores in the USA, Canada and the UK. Hear his story from humble beginnings to one of the largest self storage operators. Lessons learnt, differences in the markets and his take on the future of self storage. This is a session not to be missed.
Cris Burnam has been in the self-storage industry since 1987, serving as President of StorageMart since 1999 and now CEO. Headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, StorageMart is the largest privately owned company in the industry, with 298 locations across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, comprising approximately 22,000,000 net rentable square feet and revenues in excess of USD $500 million.
In 2021, Cris and the executive team acquired Manhattan Mini Storage, with 17 self storage locations across New York City for circa US$ 3 billion. This acquisition holds the record for largest transaction within the self storage industry.
Cris has been recognized as EY Entrepreneur of the Year for 2014, and was also given the 2014 Torch Award by the Better Business Bureau. Cris is listed as one of Ingram’s Magazine of One of 50 Missourians You Should Know and has been a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council since 2018. In 2008, Cris led the company in its successful $416 million dollar takeover of InStorage REIT, a publicly traded REIT on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The transaction closed in March of 2009, and has since been fully integrated in StorageMart.