Institutional Real Estate,
Family-built.
A second-generation self-storage developer focused on tier-one US metros. Over $230 million developed, with 45 years of combined principal experience.
Anyone can start a project, finishing is the hard part.
Since 1996 John and Shane Mason have developed or renovated $230 million of self-storage and commercial real estate across 11 projects in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Hawaii, and Chicago. Two of these projects set local market records at sale.
The principals of Mason Equity have a combined 45 years experience working with top brokers, designers, contractors, lawyers, lenders, and capital partners in each market they have operated in.
Our Latest Project - West LA
96,586 square feet and 1,376 units in West Los Angeles, a hundred feet from the 405. Climate-controlled storage with a dedicated wine storage facility, completed in December 2024 and operating under the brand US Storage Centers.
John and Shane have invested significant funds alongside their institutional private equity firm in the development of this project.
The construction risk is behind it.
View the project→Big deals. Small overhead.
We leverage institutional capital and bank financing to own 8-figure deals in expensive gateway markets, with the budget to hire best-in-class consultants for every facet of each project.
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