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Metro Self Storage Employee Wins 2020 Manager of the Year


October 5, 2020 | Your Local Metro

LAKE FOREST, ILL. (PRWEB) OCTOBER 03, 2020 โ€“ Metro Storage LLC announced Dierdre Picchietti, Property Manager at the Metro Self Storage in Deerfield, Illinois, was selected as the 2020 Manager of the Year by Mini-Storage Messenger. Picchietti was chosen from a talented group of self-storage managers throughout the country, for her superb customer service, outstanding attitude, and creative marketing strategies.

Hired in 2017, Picchietti was promoted to the position of Property Manager of Metroโ€™s 75,000 square foot Deerfield/Bannockburn, Illinois, location in 2018.

โ€œDierdreโ€™s impact was quickly felt when she took over the Deerfield store,โ€ says Marc Harris, Vice President of Operations for Metro Storage LLC. โ€œThe newer store was still in lease-up mode and storage occupancy jumped 23 percent her first year, hitting a high of over 95 percent!โ€

Harris says that Picchietti also increased the storeโ€™s operating income by 26.5% through her โ€œexcellent facility management, dedication to customer service, and a commitment to excellence.โ€

Before joining Metro Self Storage, Picchietti spent 20 years working for a family-owned packing and moving company in Illinois. When that company was sold, she applied for a storage consultant position in 2017, saying, โ€œI wanted to use my skills to work for a good company.โ€

Picchietti is open about sharing her best ideas with other Metro Self Storage property managers and is always willing to step up and help others at the company. โ€œAs a consistent top performer in a company-wide sales and pricing initiative, she was selected as a panel member in a live, company-wide training forum where she shared her best practices and techniques for success,โ€ says Harris.

About Metro Storage LLC

Metro Storage LLC is a privately owned, fully integrated, international self-storage company specializing in the development, construction, acquisition, and management of self-storage facilities in the USA and Central America. Metro operates under the trademark โ€œMetro Self Storageโ€ in the US, and is one of the top 10 largest owner/operators of self-storage facilities in the United States with over 140 stores covering 14 states. Metro Storage International (MSI) has an affiliate/partner in Central America, which operates under the trade name โ€œMr. Bodeguitasโ€ and is Central Americaโ€™s leading self-storage operator with locations throughout Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. More information about the firm is available at www.metrostorage.com.