Private real estate investment · Newport Beach, California
Value-add storage acquisitions ranging from 25,000 to 80,000 square feetSecondary market locations desired — 100% drive-up units preferredUnderwritten on operations, not on the market
Birmingham Realty Partners acquires, develops and manages self-storage assets in selected Western U.S. markets — and prices every one on what disciplined management can add, rather than on the market doing the work.
The firm
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- Newport Beach, California
- Focus
- Selected Western U.S. markets
We find value-add storage assets, then apply the expertise that makes them worth more.
Birmingham Realty Partners acquires, develops and manages storage-related properties in selected Western U.S. markets. Our primary objective is value-add assets in primary and secondary markets where our experience improving and operating a facility translates directly into value. We also develop new storage assets and pursue entitlement approval on sites in secondary and tertiary market locations.
Our success is built on knowledge of the storage industry and the ability to apply it as a team — to create better opportunities for our investors.
Value-add acquisition
Existing facilities in primary and secondary markets where our expertise in improving and operating an asset can enhance its value.
Ground-up development
New storage assets built where demand supports them, developed and operated to the same standard we apply to acquisitions.
Entitlement
Securing approval on sites in secondary and tertiary market locations, where supply has not yet caught up with the households around it.
Track record
Three decades of institutional real estate experience, now applied directly.
Partner
2019–present
Jupiter Holdings
Acquires and develops large residential and industrial land, acting as master developer — new entitlements and horizontal infrastructure, creating master planned communities for sale to builders. A separate firm with a separate investor group.
Nationwide Acquisitions
2015–2019
The William Warren Group / StorQuest Self Storage
Ran nationwide acquisitions for what was then the second-largest privately held self-storage operator in America.
Western Region Executive
20 years
Bank of America
Managed and sold all product types across the western United States, including significant land holdings throughout California. Led three offices — Orange County, Los Angeles and Chicago — over the final five years.
Four decades of commercial and land development, with deep transactional experience across acquisitions, dispositions, operations and financing — and particular depth in self-storage.
Jake Birmingham
Analyst
- Focus
- Underwriting & market research
Analyst
Present
Birmingham Realty Partners
Market research, property data and underwriting support across the firm's storage acquisition and development pipeline.
Acquisitions Intern
Internship
Chartwell Real Estate Development
Researched Southwest industrial and retail markets, built and refined property data in CoStar, and worked with the Director of Acquisitions on due diligence for live transactions.
B.S. Finance, Real Estate minor
Class of 2026
The Ohio State University · Fisher College of Business
Coursework in real estate finance, valuation, property management and construction systems. Hands-on ARGUS modeling throughout; ARGUS certification and California real estate license both in progress.
Supports acquisitions across sourcing, underwriting and market research — building the property data and comparable analysis that sit underneath an investment decision.
Operating results
What professional management does to an underperforming facility.
Safe-Hold Storage · Sacramento, California
Acquired June 2024 · 23,390 net rentable sq ft · $1.38/psf
+41%
Growth in income over the first 24 months of ownership, and climbing.
That figure did not come from the market. Income rose 41% while total operating expense fell 6% — the two moving in opposite directions is the whole thesis, and it is where the value was created.
- Income growth
- +41%
- 2023 – 2025
- Total expense
- −6%
- Costs down while income rose
- Current occupancy
- 92%
- Physical occupancy today
- Tenant insurance
- 82% → 85%
- Participation rate
Rent increases were executed in phases across 2025 at average lifts of 26–28%, with move-outs held to eleven or twelve a quarter — mark-to-market execution rather than a one-time reset. The asset has moved from a value-add repositioning to a stabilized asset with continued income growth opportunity.
Full P&L detail, target returns and underwriting assumptions are provided to qualified investors on request.
Request materialsWhy storage
Resilient
The only REIT sector to deliver a positive return through the 2008 recession, with demand driven by life events rather than discretionary spend.
Fragmented
Most of the U.S. market is still held by smaller, locally-owned operators — which is precisely why professional management is an edge rather than table stakes.
Lower risk
Lower operating overhead and limited recapitalisation cost than comparable real estate classes, with higher margins and lower delinquency.