James Ashley Compton
Principal & Vice Chairman | Self Storage Group
Direct: +1 615 850 2774
Mobile: +1 615 734 9541
Ashley.Compton@colliers.com
Profile
With a reputation as a key player in self-storage investment sales, Ashley Compton has sold or listed more than 22.9 million square feet of self-storage over the course of his 19+ year brokerage career. These transactions are valued in excess of $2.45 Billion and place Ashley among top national producers. Upon joining Colliers’ Nashville office in 2016, Ashley was named a National Director of self-storage investment sales. Ashley has received the Colliers’ Top Producer Award and the Everest Club Award (Top 10% Producer for Colliers US) every year since joining Colliers.
While obtaining his undergraduate degree, Ashley launched his career as an acquisitions analyst for a self-storage REIT. His brokerage experience began at CBRE in 2004, where he quickly developed the firm’s Nashville-area self-storage practice and grew it into a well-known national brand. In 2014 and 2015, CBRE recognized Ashley as the firm’s highest-grossing national self-storage producer. Ashley has served diverse clients including Bank of America, GE Capital Corporation, Babcock & Brown, Westport Properties, Koch Real Estate Investments, and Amerco / U-Haul.
Before acquiring a master’s of business administration with a concentration in accounting from the University of Mississippi’s School of Business, Ashley earned a bachelor’s in finance and real estate from the University of Memphis.
Professional Accomplishments
- 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 Everest Club Award Winner (Top 10% Producer – Colliers US)
- 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 Colliers Top Producer Award
- 2021 Broker of the Year Finalist – NAIOP
- 2017 CoStar Power Broker
- 2017 NAIOP Top Industrial Sale Award Finalist
- 2014 & 2015 Top CBRE Self-Storage Broker in the Americas
- 2006, 2010, 2013, 2014 & 2015 Top Five CBRE Producer
- 2007 NAIOP Rising Star Award
- 2006 Nashville Business Journal Top 25 Commercial Real Estate Deals (No. 10)
