ROBERT BRUNSWICK
CO-FOUNDER/CHAIRMAN
BUCHANAN STREET PARTNERS
WHY: Leads Buchanan Street Partners, which is making a big bet on the self-storage market. Also serves as chair of Hoag Hospital’s board of directors.
IN THE NEWS: Newport Beach-based Buchanan Street Partners recently spent nearly $22M on 103,570-square-foot self-storage facility in Las Vegas.
NOTABLE: Brunswick said his company considers the self-storage asset class as an emerging opportunity for real estate investments. Self-storage properties, Brunswick told the Business Journal last year, are more efficient than multifamily or industrial rents, on a per square foot basis.
QUOTABLE: “Investors in general view self-storage much like multifamily as it provides for spread of risk with its diversified tenant base and a great hedge against inflation with the nature of its short-term leases.”
