03 Sep 2020
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The city of New York is flooded with residents who continuously outgrow their tiny apartments, leading to high demand for on-site and convenient [storage solutions](https://www.radiusplus.com/keyword/storage solutions). With this premise in mind, Bargold focused their efforts within apartment basements and transformed unkempt and mildewy spaces into functioning storage space. From a building owner's perspective, the Bargold model is a dream, as they will take their underused space and transform it into a money-generating [storage operation](https://www.radiusplus.com/keyword/storage operation). Beyond installation of the physical storage units, Bargold will also handle maintenance, cleaning, painting, lighting, as well as marketing to residents and all of the finances. In exchange for the space, they provide the building with a 25% commission on each unit's monthly rental income.
Last spring, Radius+ had a chance to catch up with Joshua Goldman, President at Bargold who gave us a rundown of their operation.
Source: [nyrej.com](https://nyrej.com/commercial-real-estate-guide-storage-solutions-about-bargold-storage), [bargoldstorage.net](http://www.bargoldstorage.net/Bargold/).Thumbnail: Radius+
