Where We Invest
Trident is active across the Southeast and Sunbelt — the fastest-growing region in the country and the most compelling environment for industrial and Class-A self-storage investment.
Our home market. Deep relationships, extensive local knowledge, and an active deal pipeline across the greater Atlanta MSA — one of the most dynamic industrial and storage markets in the country.
Active across markets within a four-hour drive of Atlanta — Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida — as well as high-growth Sunbelt metros presenting strong fundamentals for value creation.
We continuously evaluate key metros beyond the Southeast where supply-demand imbalances, demographic trends, or repositioning opportunities create the conditions for outsized returns.
What We Look For
We maintain a disciplined, criteria-driven approach to every opportunity we underwrite across both asset classes.
Why Trident
Institutional experience. Principal-led execution. A track record built across nearly two decades and multiple asset classes.
Our principal has led nearly $1 billion in acquisitions and development across self-storage, multi-family, retail, and mixed-use — projects over the last 20 years across the Sunbelt. We've seen market cycles, navigated complexity, and delivered results across the full spectrum of real estate investment.
From contract negotiation and entitlements through design, financing, construction, lease-up, and asset management — we understand every phase of the real estate cycle. We know which consultants to hire, which risks to underwrite, and where deals break down.
Every Trident investment is overseen directly by the principal. You get institutional-quality underwriting and asset management with true ownership and accountability at every step.
Brownfield redevelopment — contaminated or environmentally complex sites — requires a rare combination of technical knowledge, regulatory navigation, and creative problem-solving. Todd Addison has worked through it. Few developers at any level can say the same, and fewer still pair it with his depth across self-storage, industrial, mixed-use, and multi-family.
Who We Work With
We actively seek long-term partnerships with capital partners, developers, and property owners who value institutional-quality execution.
Small to mid-sized family offices seeking direct real estate investment exposure with experienced, principal-led management and full transparency.
Real estate private equity firms seeking experienced development and acquisition talent on a co-GP, LP, or JV basis.
Individual accredited investors looking to place capital in institutional-quality industrial and self-storage with hands-on sponsor oversight.
Landowners and property owners in our target markets with sites suitable for self-storage development or existing facilities to sell or reposition.
Do You Have a Property to Discuss?
Trident is actively seeking acquisition and development opportunities across metro-Atlanta and the Southeast. If you have a property, site, or portfolio in either of the categories below, we want to hear from you.
Industrial Buildings & Development Sites
We are actively pursuing industrial acquisitions and development opportunities across primary and secondary Southeast markets. We are looking for:
- Existing industrial buildings — 10,000 SF and above
- Development sites — 4 to 10+ acres
- Primary and secondary industrial markets in the Southeast
Self-Storage Properties & Sites
We buy and develop Class-A self-storage at every stage of the lifecycle — from raw land to operating assets. If you own any of the following, let's talk:
- Ground-up development sites — entitled or not
- Certificate of Occupancy (CofO) deals
- Underperforming or repositionable facilities with operational or physical upside
- Portfolios of two or more properties
- 50,000+ SF of rentable storage area minimum
We respond to every inquiry. Reach out directly to start the conversation.
Send Us a Deal 678-977-3362"I engaged Todd Addison to manage the construction and opening of our Publix-to-self-storage conversion project in Lawrenceville and to handle the entitlements and design for our Savannah storage project. What impressed me most about Todd was his ability to think creatively and solve problems that would stop most developers cold. He understood every phase of the development process — from brownfields, entitlements and design through permitting and construction management — and he navigated each one with expertise and professionalism. If you are looking for a development professional who can handle real complexity and deliver results, Todd Addison and Trident are the real deal."
"I worked with Todd Addison at Jacoby Development on some of our most complex entitlement and development challenges, including the rezoning and tax allocation district negotiations for the former Ford Motor Company plant in Hapeville, Georgia, the Porsche Cars North America headquarters project, and an I-75 billboard entitlement and permitting. Todd's ability to navigate complex governmental processes — building consensus among stakeholders, anticipating objections before they became obstacles, and crafting creative solutions — was consistently impressive. He brought both technical expertise and genuine relationship skills to every engagement, making him effective with government officials, consultants, and ownership alike. I would confidently recommend Todd Addison and Trident to anyone working through a complex real estate development or entitlement challenge."
"I had the pleasure of working alongside Todd Addison throughout his tenure at Jacoby Development, where I served as Executive Vice President & General Counsel. In that time, I observed Todd tackling complex real estate development challenges — including the acquisition and entitlement of the former Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Atlanta, the 530-acre Kona Kai Ola mixed-use development in Hawaii, preliminary development of the ONE Daytona project across from Daytona International Speedway, headquarters negotiations for Porsche Cars North America, and the proposed OFS site acquisition. Todd brought a rare combination of creative problem-solving, deep knowledge of the full development process, underwriting, and exceptional interpersonal skills to every project. He consistently found paths forward on issues that stumped others, and he did it with professionalism and integrity. I would strongly recommend Todd and Trident to any owner, investor, or institution looking for a trusted and highly capable real estate development partner."
"I served as in-house counsel at NADG while Todd was on the development side, and we worked closely together on the projects he managed. He handled development and I handled legal — municipal agreements, easements, purchase agreements, lease language, utility deals — and he never let the complexity stall the deal. He was patient when he needed to be, creative when it mattered, and genuinely easy to work with across the board. I would recommend him without hesitation."
About Trident
Todd Addison
Principal & Founder
Todd Addison is the founder and principal of Trident Real Estate Investments. A mechanical engineer by training, Todd began his real estate investment and development career in 2006 and has since led nearly $1 billion in acquisitions and development across industrial, self-storage, multi-family, retail, single-family lot development, and brownfields.
His institutional experience includes senior leadership roles at NADG and Jacoby Development — two active real estate investment and development platforms in the Southeast. In these roles, Todd led the full cycle of real estate investment: contract negotiation, due diligence, entitlement approvals, design and permitting, financing, construction management, lease-up, and asset management. He also conceptualized and underwrote industrial development opportunities at both firms.
Having worked across markets from Tucson, AZ to Norfolk, VA, Todd brings a uniquely cross-market perspective to each investment — understanding how to navigate diverse markets, governments, and partnerships to achieve win-win outcomes for investors and communities alike.
Todd is based in Roswell, Georgia.
Development Consulting Services
Most real estate projects fail not from bad ideas — but from a lack of senior-level execution at the critical moments. TREG exists to fill that gap.
Development is a full-time job that most investors, landowners, and small developer teams aren't staffed to manage. Hiring a full-time senior executive for a single project doesn't make financial sense — but leaving the project unmanaged is a faster path to cost overruns, delays, and failed entitlements.
Every Southeast jurisdiction has its own zoning rules, approval timelines, and political dynamics. Without relationships on the ground — with planners, engineers, and contractors — you're flying blind on timeline and cost. One missed variance or underestimated utility conflict can kill a project's economics.
Entitlements are stalled. The design team isn't coordinating. A contractor submitted a change order that doesn't make sense. These are inflection points where projects either get back on track — or quietly bleed money until they don't. What's needed is a principal who has been here before and knows exactly what to do.
- Feasibility reports
- Purchase agreement negotiation
- Closing coordination
- Civil, survey, geotechnical & environmental engineers
- Architect, interior designer & landscape architect
- Traffic engineer & specialty consultants
- Contract negotiation & oversight
- Zoning, title & survey review
- As-is property assessment
- Environmental (Phase I/II) coordination
- Geotechnical, flood plain & FAA management
- Design team coordination
- Value engineering & cost review
- Permit management (all regulatory)
- Utility coordination
- Rezoning & entitlements
- Site plan & permitting approvals
- Variance & Conditional Use approvals
- GC & site contractor selection & oversight
- Change order review & management
- Monthly draw preparation & submission
- Reporting & schedule management
- Project pro formas & financial models
- Pre-development & project budgets
- Monthly cash flow analysis
- Financing package preparation
- Public-private partnership & tax incentive coordination
- Punch list & contractor closeout
- Lender closeout documentation
- O&M manual coordination
- Asset repositioning & disposition support
Let's Talk.
We're actively seeking industrial and self-storage acquisition and development opportunities across metro-Atlanta and the Southeast. Whether you have a property to discuss, a partnership to explore, or simply want to learn more about our investment strategy — we'd like to hear from you.