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Michael Best advised Kiwi II Construction, a premier self-storage and pre-engineered buildings provider, in a successful sale to Janus International Group for a purchase price of $97.2 million. Headquartered in Temecula, California, and founded in 1982, Kiwi II designs, engineers, bids, supplies, and installs steel buildings for the self-storage industry, including single-story, multi-story, boat/RV storage, climate-controlled, and custom buildings. Janus is a publicly traded leading provider of building product solutions and access control technologies for the self-storage and other commercial and industrial sectors. This deal will allow Janus to provide clients with an even more comprehensive suite of services.
The deal was led by Brett Valentyn, along with Adam Goldblatt, Brenna Feldman, Connor Cruz, and Serge Melnik. Other Michael Best team members included Andrew Bae, Lila Brueggeman, Elaine Critides, Taylor Fritsch, Dan Jones, Angela Lam, Brad McDonald, Brain McCully, Emi Passini, Sean Smestad, Kelly Teelin, Martin Tierney, and Leah Ziemba.
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Brett R. Valentyn
Partner
brvalentyn@michaelbest.com
T 608.283.2251

Adam J. Goldblatt
Partner
ajgoldblatt@michaelbest.com
T 919.561.5133

Brenna T. Feldman
Associate
Brenna.Feldman@michaelbest.com
T 608.257.3062

Connor L. Cruz
Associate
Connor.Cruz@MichaelBest.com
T 414.225.2792

Serge Melnik
Associate
Serge.Melnik@michaelbest.com
T 984.220.8746

Lila J. Brueggeman
Senior Paralegal
ljbrueggeman@michaelbest.com
T 262.956.6502

Elaine Critides
Senior Counsel
Elaine.Critides@michaelbest.com
T 202.747.9569

Taylor T. Fritsch
Partner
ttfritsch@michaelbest.com
T 608.257.7471

Daniel S. Jones
Partner
dsjones@michaelbest.com
T 414.225.4948

Y. Angela Lam
Partner
yalam@michaelbest.com
T 312.527.6841

Bradley A. MacDonald
Associate
brad.macdonald@michaelbest.com
T 312.596.5863

Brian T. McCully
Senior Counsel
Brian.McCully@michaelbest.com
T 980.408.2767

Emi M. Passini
Partner
empassini@michaelbest.com
T 414.225.4982

Sean A. Smestad
Partner
sasmestad@michaelbest.com
T 312.596.5888
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Kelly A. Teelin
Corporate Services Professional
kateelin@michaelbest.com
T 608.283.0132

Martin P. Tierney
Partner
Sub-Group Co-Leader, Employee Benefits
mptierney@michaelbest.com
T 414.223.2533

Leah Hurtgen Ziemba
Partner
Practice Group Chair, Regulatory
Industry Group Co-Chair, Agribusiness, Food & Beverage
lhziemba@michaelbest.com
T 608.283.4420
