The William Warren Group Inc. (WWG), a privately held real estate company that operates the StorQuest Self Storage brand, has appointed Tracy Sells as its new director of strategic partnerships. In this role, she will be responsible for the oversight and advancement of WWG’s third-party management program, generating new business for the company’s portfolio of self-storage assets, as well as ongoing management of strategic partnerships.
Sells has 18 years of experience in the storage industry. Her various leadership roles have spanned many aspects of self-storage development and operation including risk management, human resources, investor relations, finance and acquisitions.
Before joining WWG, Sells was the director of third-party management for self-storage real estate investment trust CubeSmart, where she was responsible for sales and asset management for the company’s specialized program. Prior to that position, she was the vice president of franchise/third-party management programs for Storage USA.
“Tracy’s proven success in third-party management and firsthand experience within all facets of the industry makes her not only a valuable asset to our third-party management program, but to all of our company’s operations,” said WWG President and CEO Bill Hobin. “We’re looking forward to the insight and leadership she will bring to our team, and the support she will provide to our third-party owners and investors.”
Founded in 1994 and based in Santa Monica, Calif., WWG is a privately held real estate company that develops, acquires and operates self-storage facilities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, South Carolina and Texas.