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2023 Top Broker Awards
Florida & Gulf Coast
- Shelton Granade
- Wayne Ramoski, Skylar Stein, Gian Rodriguez and Ivanna Leitner Perez
- Colliers Team Kingsley-Rutchik
- Jeff Hartsook, Robert Orban and Zachary Talbot and Adam Talbot
- Michael Mele
- Lance Benson, Mitchell Millowitz and Ryan Rosalsky
- Greg Martin, Justin Cope and Lisa Blumer
- CBRE Florida Industrial Capital Markets Team
- Berkadia Central & North Florida Multifamily Investment Sales Team
- CBRE Capital Markets Tampa Bay and Gulf Coast Multifamily Team
Michael Mele
Sales Total
$1,845,883,878
Led team that closed 68 transactions for a total of $1.8 billion
Has closed more than 700 transactions totaling $8.5 billion during his career
Vice Chairman Michael Mele leads Cushman & Wakefield’s national Self-Storage Advisory Group in Tampa. In this role, he works closely with private owners, institutional owners, and investors around the country to maximize their self-storage real estate value.
During 2022, Mele and his team closed on 68 transactions with a sales volume of more than $1.8 billion. Notable transactions included St. Pete Urban Storage, a 61,152-square-foot self-storage facility in St. Petersburg, FL, which sold for $22.9 million. The transaction set a new price-per-square-foot record for self-storage facilities in the area.
Another highlight involved the sale of the 79,325-square-foot Tampa Causeway Self-Storage in Tampa, FL. The facility sold for $26.7 million.
Mele began his career in 1999, Since then, he and his team closed more than 700 transactions totaling more than $8.5 billion. With more than two decades of experience as a self-storage advisor, Mele is consistently recognized by industry organizations as well as national trade publications for his critical leadership, expertise and knowledge of the self-storage industry.