COMPANY
GoodFriend Storage Executive Summary
Goodfriend Storage is a New York City and Miami based self-storage platform that develops, owns and operates self-storage in the Metro New York and South Florida markets. Over the past twenty-five years the company has owned and operated more than 70 facilities totaling over five million square feet rentable of self-storage space in New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Connecticut and Chicago. Goodfriend Storage properties are modern, state of the art and climate controlled. Property types include ground-up construction and warehouse retrofits. Some properties have included specialized storage for wine, documents and classic/exotic cars.
Goodfriend Storage showcases its expertise in challenging markets which has solidified them as one of the benchmark leaders in the industry. The true keys to the Goodfriend Storage success is its local real estate knowledge, experience in construction and hands-on approach to management. Goodfriend Storage looks to continue as one of the premiere self-storage owner/operators in the space. In the coming years Goodfriend Storage will continue to grow through development and acquisition; focusing primarily on the urban markets of New York City and South Florida.
Senior Management
Marc Slayton, President & CEO
Marc received a degree in Business from Boston University in 1988. After 10 years in commercial real estate with firms such as Beitler Commercial in LA, Newmark & Company in New York and a NYC urban retail family office he founded Storage Post, now GoodFriend Storage, a Metro New York and South Florida focused development, acquisition and management self-storage platform. Over the past 25 years the company has developed, owned and operated over 70 storage properties totaling more than seven million square feet. Marc was one of the first to introduce multistory, climate control self-storage to the New York market and has accumulated a vast amount of industry knowledge along with an unmatched self-storage network.
John Eapen, Chief Financial Officer
John received his Master’s in Accounting from Kerala University and Corporate Tax Certification from New York University. John has more than 25 years of experience in accounting and financial reporting. He started his professional career as a Quality Controller at Chase Bank. He then became the Vice President of The Nippon Credit Bank, Ltd, where he was responsible for Accounting and Tax. He followed that with a move to the ORIX USA Corporation where he became the Vice President in charge of the Accounting Department. John then took the Chief Accounting Officer title at GAM a Subsidiary of Union Bank of Switzerland. John joined Post Management in 2013 and is responsible for the company’s financial management, financial reporting, business planning, budgeting, and human resources.
Ajay Kumar, Accounting
Vishnu Priya M K, Accounts Payable