development Team

President

Development

Scott brings a unique perspective to any project by combining his leadership, design, operational, and transactional expertise to any project. Conservative by nature, these experiences allow him to see opportunities where others may not, and while managing risks chart a course resulting in a successful project.  

Over the last two decades, Scott has led real estate deals involving both ground-up development of new properties and acquisition and upgrading of existing properties. 

Primarily focused on the self-storage sector, he has developed or acquired multiple projects across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. As managing partner, he was responsible for coordinating all aspects of the projects from site selection through entitlements and construction.  

Concurrently with these real estate activities, Scott built out the Arkansas market as a franchisee for SportClips Men’s Haircuts. After acquiring a single underperforming unit in Little Rock in 2003, he ultimately built an 18-store market covering the entire state of Arkansas. 

During this time, he was voted national Franchisee of the Year twice, and travelled extensively around the country speaking on operations and employee recruitment and retention. Scott exited his investment in the SportClips brand in 2017. 

His management team in place at the time of the sale is largely still intact, with several management team members moving on to leadership positions at the SCI corporate level. His time with SportClips brought home to him the importance of building consistency across units and surrounding himself with the strongest possible team.  

Both the development of the real estate projects and the build-out of the market for SportClips were aided greatly by the skills acquired during his 15-year career as a Professional Engineer in site development consulting. During this time, Scott worked with national and regional brands, as well as local players, to plan, design, and construct sites for new facilities across the southeast. This period culminated with him as President of Richburg Rickett Consulting Engineers, LLC in Little Rock.  

A Graduate of Auburn University, Scott also served in the Alabama National Guard where he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and served in Field Artillery, Assault Floating Bridge, Combat Heavy, and Public Affairs units.

Vice President

Construction 

Jeff brings an extensive construction background to the team. Jeff began his career at the University of  Arkansas at Little Rock majoring in Construction Management.  

During that time he interned with Centex Construction on a $40 million-dollar Medical Facility as their onsite Safety Manager and assisted the Project Engineer on various tasks throughout the project.  Once that project was complete 

Jeff went to work for Baldwin & Shell Construction as a Project Coordinator and quickly moved up to Project Manager.  Jeff managed numerous Medical Facility Projects along with Educational and Retail Projects throughout the state of Arkansas.  

After spending 10 years working for Baldwin & Shell Jeff decided it was time to pursue starting his own construction company.  

In 2004, Jeff started Innovative Builders of Little Rock (IBI). IBI completed a wide verity of projects from Single Family Homes, Townhomes, Education Buildings, Self-Storage Units, Office, and Retail spaces. 

In 2010 Jeff rebranded the company to Junkin Construction Company (JCC) and changed its focus to all commercial construction projects with primary focus on Self Storage Projects.  

Through JCC, Jeff has helped Self Storage Developers with Site Selections, Conceptional Design, Construction Budgeting, Building & Unit Layout, and Construction.  

Vice President

Operations

Julie creates solutions and focuses on the bottom line. She enjoys the process as much as delivering positive results. A graduate of Texas A&M University, Farrar began her career in banking and obtained her Texas Real Estate license in 1984. Subsequently, she worked with a small oil and gas company managing joint interest billing and investor reporting.   

A seasoned self-storage industry expert today, she has been a member of state and national trade associations since the early 1990’s.  In 2010, she became President/CEO of self-storage management company, United Properties Group, Inc., after working in various capacities and serving as its Vice President/Secretary for over 15 years. 

Gaining knowledge through the development and operation of multiple self-storage facilities with partners, Farrar expanded United Properties Group in 2013 to provide management services to third parties offering self-storage consulting and feasibility study services. United Properties Group, Inc. currently operates over 1,000,000 SF of self-storage in a wide variety of markets.  

In 2021, the management company planned and launched the successful grand opening of four new facilities in three different states. In Q1 2022, UPG’s management portfolio added 100,000+ SF of Class-A self-storage product through facility expansions.  

Affiliate company, United Properties Group, LLC, was formed in 2020 to provide commercial brokerage services specializing in self-storage with Farrar serving as its president. During Q4 2021, Farrar and companies assisted with the successful sale and disposition of seven self-storage properties. In Q1 2022, the group successfully negotiated the acquisition of approximately 100,000 SF at two additional self-storage locations.  

She has led seminars and published articles for the self-storage industry trade, enjoys time with family and her Vizsla dog, Sir Winston Churchill.