About Lakestone Storage
A Dane County Company, Not a National Chain
Lakestone Storage is part of Lakestone Properties, a real estate company founded in McFarland, Wisconsin in 2010 by Brett Riemen and Brian Spanos. Both grew up in or around McFarland, both still live there today with their families, and both built the company around a simple idea: develop and manage properties that actually fit the communities they sit in, rather than applying a one size fits all approach imported from somewhere else.
That matters for a storage renter for a practical reason. When you call Lakestone Storage, you are not routed through a national call center that has never seen your unit or your town. You are working with a company headquartered a short drive from Cambridge, De Forest, Sun Prairie, and Stoughton, run by people who live in the same county as the facilities they operate.
At a Glance
- Lakestone Properties was founded in McFarland, Wisconsin in 2010 by Brett Riemen and Brian Spanos, both longtime Dane County residents.
- Lakestone Storage operates four Wisconsin locations: Cambridge, De Forest, Sun Prairie, and Stoughton.
- The storage division is run day to day by a dedicated local storage manager based in McFarland, not a distant regional office.
- Month to month terms across all four locations reflect the same flexible, no pressure approach the company has applied to its residential and commercial properties since 2010.
How the Company Started
Brett and Brian founded Lakestone with a straightforward goal, build multifamily developments in the Dane County area with real attention to quality and to the neighborhoods they were part of. Over time that grew into a broader portfolio, residential communities across McFarland, Stoughton, Oregon, Sun Prairie, and Deerfield, commercial properties, a marina, and eventually storage. The storage side exists for the same reason the rest of the company does: local demand that a national operator was not addressing with the flexibility Dane County households and businesses actually needed.
Why a Local, Family Run Company Approaches Storage Differently
A publicly traded storage REIT answers to shareholders first. A locally owned company answers to the same neighbors it sees at the grocery store, the same families whose kids play sports against each other, the same community it has been building in for over a decade. That does not mean a small company gets everything right every time, but it does mean the incentive is different. Long term reputation in a county this size matters more to a business that plans to still be here in another fifteen years than short term margin on any single rental.
This shows up in practical ways for a storage renter. Month to month terms across every Lakestone Storage location mean you are never locked into a contract sized for a national operator's average customer instead of your actual situation. Honest answers about what each facility does and does not offer, rather than a generic script, come from a team that actually knows the four locations personally rather than reading from a database.
The People Behind the Storage Locations
Lakestone Storage's day to day operations are run by a dedicated storage manager based out of the company's McFarland office, working alongside the same accounting, marketing, and maintenance teams that support Lakestone's residential and commercial properties across Dane County. When your call gets routed to someone who handles a maintenance issue, a billing question, or a unit size recommendation, you are talking to someone who works for a company with under twenty total employees, not a call center handling storage inquiries for hundreds of properties across multiple states.
Maintenance issues at any of our four locations get handled by the same in house maintenance team that services Lakestone's residential properties, a team with real construction and trades backgrounds rather than an outsourced vendor relationship that adds a layer of delay between a reported problem and an actual fix.
Part of a Larger Dane County Portfolio
Lakestone Storage sits alongside Lakestone's residential communities in McFarland, Stoughton, Oregon, Sun Prairie, and Deerfield, along with commercial properties and a marina, all under one locally based company. That connection is not a marketing detail, it means the same company managing storage in your area has fifteen years of experience specifically in Dane County real estate, understands the local market, local weather, and local demand patterns firsthand, rather than treating Wisconsin as one region among fifty on a national map.
Our Approach to Storage Specifically
Across Cambridge, De Forest, Sun Prairie, and Stoughton, Lakestone Storage applies the same philosophy the company has used since 2010: build something that genuinely fits the community it serves, and back it with people who are actually part of that community. Month to month rental without long contracts, drive up access built around how Wisconsin households and local businesses actually use storage, and a temperature controlled option at our De Forest location for renters whose belongings need it, are the direct product of a company that develops and manages properties as its full time business rather than storage being a side operation bolted onto something else.
Get in Touch
If you have a question about a specific unit, a billing issue, or which of our four locations fits your situation, call (608) 838-1800 or reach out through any of our facility pages: Cambridge, De Forest, Sun Prairie, or Stoughton. You are talking to a local team, not a national chain.
FAQ
Is Lakestone Storage part of a national chain?
No. Lakestone Storage is part of Lakestone Properties, a locally owned real estate company founded in McFarland, Wisconsin in 2010, with all four storage locations based in Dane County.
Who founded Lakestone Properties?
Brett Riemen and Brian Spanos founded the company in 2010, both longtime Dane County residents who still live locally today.
Does Lakestone Storage handle its own maintenance?
Yes. Maintenance issues are handled by Lakestone's own in house maintenance team, the same team that services the company's residential properties, rather than an outsourced vendor.
Where is Lakestone Storage based?
The company is headquartered in McFarland, Wisconsin, with storage locations in Cambridge, De Forest, Sun Prairie, and Stoughton.
Does Lakestone Storage operate other types of properties?
Yes. Lakestone Properties also manages residential communities, commercial properties, and a marina across Dane County, all under the same locally based company.
