Leitbox Storage Partners (“Leitbox”), a self-storage investment and development platform, based in Birmingham, Alabama, announced today that it has added Kevin Holst to their executive team as Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Kevin oversees the company’s operational and development activity across the United States.
Kevin has over 18 years of real estate development experience, where he has handled legal and operational matters across multiple commercial real estate verticals. He previously served for several years as Assistant General Counsel at Vail Resorts with legal responsibility over lodging, real estate development, land use, employee housing, and all real estate aspects of ski resort acquisition. Recently, he has successfully scaled and developed teams in growth orientated companies while implementing legal and operational process improvements to boost company performance and outcomes.
Kevin’s executive experience includes designing and implementing organizational structure and procedures, serving in EOS Integrator role, board management, creating organizational controls and policies, improving efficiency and effectiveness, handling investor communications, integrating core values into daily operations, and implementing strategic business initiatives.
“Kevin is another high-quality talent addition to the team. His 18+ years as a transactional lawyer, coupled with the organizational history of developing high performance teams, made him a natural fit. Kevin is the perfect complement to our team,” said Bill Leitner, founder and managing principal of Leitbox.
Kevin holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Political Science from Saint Olaf College in Minnesota, and he earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Kevin has completed 12 marathons and is an avid swimmer, cyclist, and runner.
About Leitbox Storage Partners
Leitbox Storage Partners (“Leitbox”) is a real estate company that develops and acquires self-storage (often with mixed use & retail integration) in primary and secondary markets throughout
the United States. In addition to programmatic, greenfield development of vertical self-storage, the founder utilizes his 25+ year history in the retail and mixed-use sectors to identify and acquire retail, big-box conversion opportunities and other storage facilities.
