25th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Professional Experience
Walter has more than 25 years of commercial real estate investment and leasing experience throughout the United States. He has closed transactions across the real estate spectrum, including self storage, apartments, retail, and redevelopment sites. Walter has facilitated several 1031 exchanges in recent years and has represented investors in the purchase of hospitality assets. Walter is seen as a subject matter expert within the self storage industry and is regularly asked to present at conventions and gatherings.
Walter has helped facilitate the sale of many self storage assets, including the 46-property A-American Portfolio which traded for $168 million, and the sale of a 600,000 square foot industrial facility which traded for $30 million in Northern California. He has also represented and sold assets for self storage REITs, such as CubeSmart.
Walter began investing and managing real estate assets and pursued licensing as a real estate agent. In 2008, he then relocated to Southern California and began his career at Marcus & Millichap.
Significant Assignments
Portfolio Transactions
- A-American Portfolio
26,503 Units
3,079,863 NRSF
46 Properties | CA, IL, HI - Extra Space Managed Portfolio
13,846 Units
1,596,190 NRSF
22 Properties | CA - W.P. Carey Portfolio
12,561 Units
1,396,483 NRSF
20 Properties | 9 States - Trojan Storage Portfolio
10,392 Units
1,078,179 NRSF
15 Properties | 6 States
- Arizona 14 Portfolio
4,842 Units
501,342 NRSF
14 Properties | AZ - Utah Self Storage Portfolio
1,649 Units
363,006 NRSF
5 Properties | UT - US Storage Centers Portfolio
1,745 Units
200,101 NRSF
3 Properties | NV - Las Vegas Portfolio
1,004 Units
121,380 NRSF
2 Properties | NV
Single Property Transactions
- Lake Havasu RV & Boat Storage
684 Units
204,310 NRSF
Lake Havasu, AZ - US Storage Centers
915 Units
119,631 NRSF
Scottsdale, AZ - Storage Direct
810 Units
89,400 NRSF
Las Vegas, NV - Best Storage
632 Units
80,244 NRSF
Las Vegas, NV - US Storage Centers
703 Units
71,996 NRSF
Phoenix, AZ - StorMore Self Storage
588 Units
64,692 NRSF
Las Vegas, NV
- Storage Direct
510 Units
54,175 NRSF
Tucson, AZ - Roadrunner Storage
437 Units
46,650 NRSF
Grand Terrace, CA - West Valley Self Storage
462 Units
37,703 NRSF
West Valley, UT - Barbur Storage
462 Units
37,703 NRSF
Portland, OR - Peak View Storage
265 Units
32,845 NRSF
Colorado Springs, CO
Professional Accreditations/Education
- California & Arizona Self Storage Association, Member
- California, Nevada and Arizona, Real Estate Associate
- Indiana University, Bachelor of Arts & Master’s Degree, Music
- Walter performed with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and Boston Ballet Orchestra. He performed under great conductors including John Williams and Seiji Ozawa.
Clients*
- Capmark Bank
- CIII Asset Management
- CubeSmart
- Extra Space
- Merit Hill Capital
- LNR Partners
- Lockaway Storage
- Platinum Storage
- Prudential Real Estate Investors
- Public Storage
- Sovran
- Strategic Storage Trust
- US Bank
- W.P. Carey
*Partial List