James Curland

SROA Capital has leveraged its investment acumen, operations know-how, unique in-house construction capabilities, and seamless state-of-the-art technology to expand its self-storage portfolio throughout the Midwest, Northeast, and Southeastern United States. In 2013, the firm was founded by real estate entrepreneur Benjamin Macfarland in partnership with Sidney Kohl (co-founder of Kohl’s Department Stores) and James Jenkins (co-founder of Alliant). Since then, SROA Capital has grown to over 350 self-storage facilities totaling over 16 million square feet, SROA Capital continues to grow by identifying undercapitalized and mismanaged self-storage assets in high-growth markets. By applying its institutionalized management systems of: In-house physical plant improvements, real-time lease pricing, aggressive branding, SEO and PPC advertising, automated A/R, ecommerce payment capabilities, proprietary revenue management software, and centralized customer care center for service & leasing. SROA Capital uses its fully integrated asset management systems to increase same-store growth and boost net operating income.