Our Story
Built by people who
ran out of closets.
We're Elena and Marcus Nowak, and we grew up eight blocks from here in a classic brick bungalow — a beautiful house with roughly one closet per generation. Our dad ran a hardware store off Milwaukee Avenue; we spent childhood weekends rearranging its back room like a puzzle.
In 2012 we bought the old furniture warehouse at Six Corners and turned it into the storage we wished our family had: bright, warm, honest about prices, and run by people whose names you know. Twelve years later, most new neighbors arrive the same way you probably did — somebody on the block told them.
The Bungalow Belt
Where we're from — literally
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The Facility
An old warehouse, aging gracefully.
Three floors, 740 units, one covered loading bay, and more skylights than any storage building has a right to. Come take the five-minute tour — it does more convincing than this website ever will.
What you'll notice on the tour
- Skylights and warm LED strips — no flickering fluorescent gloom
- Corridors wide enough for two carts to pass without a standoff
- The climate plant humming behind glass, holding 68°F
- Cameras you can count, on every corridor and door
The Team
Three people. No phone tree.
Call during office hours and a human who works in the building picks up — usually by the second ring, usually Elena.
Elena Nowak
Co-founder — the voice that answers the phone
Marcus Nowak
Co-founder — building, systems & security
Dee Alvarez
Front desk, supplies shop & resident greeter
Neighbors First
We store the block. We show up for it, too.
- Sponsor of the Six Corners farmers market since 2015
- Free winter coat-drive storage for three neighborhood parishes
- Little-league sponsor: the Portage Park Pipers wear our terracotta
Find Us
4021 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Half a block south of the Six Corners intersection, with parking off the alley and the Blue Line's Irving Park stop a ten-minute walk away. Look for the terracotta doors.
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