Saturday, July 21, 2018

Levin Johnston Directs $25 Million Sale of Two Self-Storage Facilities in Highly Sought-After Silicon Valley Submarket


Self-Storage Facilities, Los Gatos, CA

SILICON VALLEY, CA  Levin Johnston of Marcus and Millichap, one of the top multifamily brokerage teams in the U.S. specializing in wealth management through commercial real estate investments, has successfully directed the sale of two institutional quality self-storage facilities in the highly desirable Los Gatos submarket of Silicon Valley, California.

Adam Levin
Adam Levin, Senior Managing Director of Levin Johnston and Jacob Becher, Vice President of Investments and Associate Member of National Self Storage Group at Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer, a private high net worth family seeking to expand its portfolio, as well as the seller, a private high net worth individual, in the transaction.
“This transaction is a strong example of value creation through diversification in the commercial real estate industry,” says Levin. “We brought in a buyer that historically invested only in multifamily properties and was accustomed to very tight cap rates. 
"By bringing these two entities together, we were able to help the buyer diversify the family’s portfolio while also helping the seller to achieve a premium price that was attractive to both parties.”

Jacob Becher
Levin notes that the buyer understood the value in the strategy and recognized that the higher sale price was the key to securing the property while remaining well within its acquisition criteria.
“These are trophy assets in a high-end, core market where the residual land value will sustain and likely appreciate,” says Levin. “By approaching the transaction with a wealth management mindset, we were able to compete with national interest among self-storage buyers and ultimately direct a transaction that was a win for both the seller and the buyer.”
The two facilities, 688 University Avenue and 17443 Farley Road West, are located less than half a mile apart and within two miles of two primary Bay Area thoroughfares: SR-17 and SR-85.

For more information, please contact:

Alex Caswell / Jenn Quader 
Brower Group
(949) 955-7940



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