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Zachary Dickens

Executive VP & Chief Investment Officer, Extra Space Storage

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Recent appearances

  • How Extra Space Storage Acquires & Grows Properties with Zach Dickens

    July 21, 2026 · 📺 Extra Space Storage

    Want to know how Extra Space Storage grew from 60 to 4,300+ storage locations in 24 years? In episode 10 of the Inside Extra Space Storage podcast, McKall Morris and Zach Dickens, Chief Investment Officer at Extra Space Storage, dig into the acquisition strategies that built one of America's largest self storage companies. Zach shares insights on the evolution of self storage and how data analytics drives modern acquisition decisions. Learn about his negotiation tactics that create win-win partnerships, the role of AI and technology in property evaluation, and why intellectual curiosity matte…

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  • Inside the Deals That Changed Self-Storage Forever with Zack Dickens

    June 10, 2026 · 📺 Stories Behind the Door

    I am incredibly honored to welcome a true titan of the self-storage industry to the show today: Zach Dickens, the Chief Investment Officer of Extra Space Storage. Zach has sat front-row center for some of the most monumental M&A transactions in real estate history, navigating Extra Space's growth from a small regional operator into an absolute market juggernaut. In this episode, we trace Zach's fascinating journey from studying the Russian language in St. Petersburg during the fall of communism in 1995 to becoming employee number 150 at Extra Space in 2002. We break down the legendary 2005…

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