Simply Self Storage (SSS), which owns or manages 229 self-storage facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico, has made two new hires. Jonathan Epstein has joined the company as senior financial and planning analyst, and Kyle Fromin has joined as vice president of underwriting.
Epstein recently relocated to Central Florida from New York City, where he spent nine years working as a research analyst at four investment banks, covering the telecom and cable industries. Before that he was a valuation consultant, providing financial-advisory services and mergers-and-acquisition reporting analysis for private and public companies across a range of retail and service businesses. Epstein has a bachelor’s of science degree from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Rutgers University.
Fromin has 10 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. Most recently, he was employed at Rialto Capital Management LLC, where he served in a number of capacities over the last five years, including loan sales and workouts, underwriting commercial mortgage-backed securities investments, fundraising, and investor relations. He also served as an auditor and consultant with consulting firm Protiviti, and oversaw mergers and acquisition projects for Aozora Bank Ltd. He began his career at Hegemon Capital, a Tampa, Fla.-based private-equity special-opportunity fund, underwriting distressed debt for local lenders. Fromin earned a bachelor’s degree and MBA from the University of Florida.
“Our growth has afforded us the luxury of obtaining the best possible talent available. The hiring of Jonathan and Kyle will greatly help us in implementing our business plan,” said CEO Kurt O’Brien.
Headquartered in Orlando, Fla., SSS was founded in 2003. The company’s properties comprise more than 18 million square feet of storage space.