Investment Real Estate (IRE) – Self Storage

Investment Real Estate, LLC (IRE) is a York, Pennsylvania company that has worked only in self storage since it was founded in 1998. It acquires, develops, builds, and operates self-storage facilities, most of them under its own Moove In Self Storage brand.

The divisions were added over time: IRE Management in 2000, IRE Construction in 2002, and the brokerage division was retired in 2022. The acquisitions team sources, analyzes, and negotiates purchases for the Moove In portfolio. The construction team handles municipal applications and approvals, architects, engineers and contractors, budgets, and scheduling for both capex renovations and ground-up projects. The operations team in York runs the Moove In locations after closing, including rebranding.

During its 26 years the brokerage division transacted over $1.3 billion in sales. IRE reports more than 92 properties in ten states across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest, 250 feasibility studies compiled, and more than 3.5 million square feet of self storage developed and constructed. It joined National Storage Affiliates as a PRO in 2019 and moved into a new corporate headquarters in 2023.

Because the brokerage was retired and the management operation is described as running the company's own Moove In locations, anyone seeking third-party brokerage or fee management should confirm directly whether IRE still takes that work.