Thursday, February 20th, 2025

Maurice Pogoda, founder of Pogoda Companies, is honored to be featured in a cover story in the February Messenger magazine.

This article highlights his four decades of contributions to the self-storage industry. Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Maurice was driven by a strong work ethic and a keen business sense. He ventured into self-storage after identifying it as an untapped niche in the Michigan market. His business, which began in the late 1980s, relied on traditional methods like Yellow Pages advertising and hands-on research. After overcoming early setbacks, including the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s, he transitioned away from self storage brokerage into third-party management, which eventually led to acquisitions and development.

Today, Pogoda Companies is a top 30 owner-operator, now co-owned with his sons. Maurice balances his professional success with a vibrant family life, emphasizing the values of hard work, resilience, and patience through both challenges and triumphs.

Founded in 1987, Pogoda Companies acquires, develops, and manages self-storage facilities, throughout the Midwest. As a top 30 self-storage owner/operator with 71 properties and over 4.5 million square feet of storage, Pogoda is actively growing through strategic acquisitions and third-party management which enhances its management efficiencies and increase the profitability of our properties for the owners we work for and its investors.