Rick Hielscher
Co-Managing Partner of The Lock Up Self Storage
Mr Hielscher has been involved in the self storage industry now for 26 years and is one of the two Managing Partners of The Lock Up Self Storage. The Lock Up is based in Chicago, IL is one of the largest privately owned self storage development and management companies in the self storage industry. The Lock Up currently owns a portfolio of 54 self storage assets, encompassing just over 3.7M net rentable square feet and demised into some 41,000 units, with a portfolio GAV of +/- $1.1B USD. In the US and abroad, The Lock Up is partnered with the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB).
International Self Storage Experience Condensed
Since 2006, Mr. Hielscher has led The Lock Up's international expansion. He co-founded Pelican Self Storage in Copenhagen in 2008, which now operates 39 facilities in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland with 36,000 units. Pelican is a top-10 self-storage owner in Europe. In Asia, Hielscher serves on the Advisory Board for Quraz Self Storage, Japan's leading storage operator, overseeing 74 assets with 40,000 units. In South America, he is a minority owner and board member of Aki KB Minibodegas, Chile's largest self-storage developer, managing 23 assets with 17,000 units. Rick graduated from Princeton University in 1995 and lives with his family in Winnetka, Illinois.
