Darren Kelley

Mr. Kelley brings over 34 years of successful operations experience to Right Move Storage. While he has focused primarily on self-storage management for over twenty years, he also has a background in retail, hotels, and restaurants. His extensive knowledge, background and work ethic have produced exceptional results for his storage properties and clients. In 2013, Mr. Kelley became co-founder and President of Right Move Storage, a full-service self-storage management company based in Houston, Texas and operating in 6 states.

Right Move Storage has experienced rapid growth since 2013 and is now ranked as the number eighteenth property management company in the United States with over three million square feet of storage space under supervision.

Mr. Kelley assembled a team of seasoned storage industry veterans who handle every aspect of the self-storage industry. His vision for Right Move Storage is to provide a premier management platform focused on improving operations, driving revenues, and growing NOI and value for its clients. The company is at the forefront of using the most current technology to differentiate its platform from the competition and to add value to their client’s properties.

Prior to founding Right Move Storage, Mr. Kelley was Vice-President of the storage division for American Spectrum Realty Management, a publicly traded real estate firm. He was charged with building a self-storage brand from scratch and overseeing the management and turnaround of a distressed storage portfolio of thirty properties. Over 3 years, Mr. Kelley strategically planned and successfully completed the management takeover of an additional twenty properties covering six states.

Mr. Kelley joined Public Storage in 2001 as District Manager, where he won several awards and was recognized nationally for his results. He previously worked with established brands such as Popeye’s, Boston Market, and Diedrich Coffee/Gloria Jeans Coffees in District, Regional, and National capacities. Mr. Kelley is a graduate from the University of Houston’s Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management.