Benjamin Lapidus is listed as an executive officer on 9 SEC Form D filings by 9 issuers between Nov 2020 and Jan 2024. Largest by amount reported sold: Battlefield Self Storage, LLC (Pea Ridge, AR — commercial — 2020; $6.21M reported sold to 52 investors), FreeUp Storage Phenix City, LLC (Golden, CO — commercial — 2023; $5.12M reported sold to 37 investors), Marion Beavers Self Storage, LLC (Sharpsburg, GA — commercial — 2020; $2.9M reported sold to 25 investors), Tyler/Longview Portfolio, LLC (Golden, CO — commercial — 2021; $2.2M reported sold to 29 investors), FreeUp Storage Huntsville Ltd Liability Co (Golden, CO — commercial — 2021; $1.7M reported sold to 19 investors) and 4 more (all listed below).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 9 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, over about 4 years. Across those companies the filings report $23M sold in total.
Listed alongside Ryan Gibson (9 shared filings), Scott Lewis (9 shared filings), Jaclyn Gibson (7 shared filings), Lindsay Lewis (6 shared filings), Aaron Saunders (3 shared filings) and 2 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Benjamin. Each name links to their own page.
The issuers belong to 2 sponsor groups: Freeup Storage (34 issuers, $44.7M reported sold, 2020–2026) and Aspen Park (2 issuers, $1.95M reported sold, 2018–2020).
What this means This person is listed across more than one sponsor team; each group page shows that team's full track record.
Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — none found.
What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (3 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.
We compared 9 public filings for Benjamin Lapidus and found 5 differences, 2 worth asking the sponsor about: 4 filings report more than 10% of the money raised going to insiders; Benjamin Lapidus appears on 3 deals that stopped filing before reaching their target; and more below.
What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.