Creating a market for self-storage properties nationwide

Mike Mele's decision to pursue self storage brokerage was a fortuitious one

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. April 27, 2018
Mike Mele has parlayed a nascent self-storage brokerage decision into a national platform at Marcus & Millichap
Mike Mele has parlayed a nascent self-storage brokerage decision into a national platform at Marcus & Millichap
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On Michael Mele’s first day at Marcus & Millichap in early 1999, shortly after the company expanded to Tampa, he was instructed to select a specialty — an area of expertise that would define his career at the commercial real estate brokerage firm.

 

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