When Chris Waddle started thinking about retirement from the Reno (Nevada) Police Department back in 2015, he imagined picking up a small side business to keep himself busy. Storage seemed practical — he needed space for his own belongings, and he figured others probably did too. What he didn’t expect was that his “retirement project” would grow into a thriving, multi‑facility enterprise.
A decade later, Admiral Toy Storage celebrated the opening of a new 95,000‑square‑foot indoor facility on Innovation Drive in south Reno, marking a major milestone for the company Waddle launched in a modest 40,000‑square‑foot warehouse on Linda Way in Sparks, Nev.
Waddle, who retired as a detective in 2024 after 21 years on the force, said the business took off faster than he ever imagined. Leveraging relationships from his police career, he filled his first 10,000 square feet within months. The real turning point came when Jeff Holleman, formerly with Reno Toy Storage and later founder of High Altitude Watersports, moved 150 boats into Waddle’s facility…