Space Station to Open Brace of New Birmingham Sites

We’re thrilled to have secured this latest site at Garretts Green. Work will begin on this in June to deliver a 95,000 sq ft facility made up of an extensive range of self storage units.” – Stephen Wilson, Head of real estate Self-storage firm Space Station has signed a brace of deals for new facilities. A vacant 69,154 sq ft warehouse on a 2.4-acre site in Garretts Green Lane, Birmingham, has been acquired by the company. This joins land on Castle Bromwich Trade Park, in Chester Road, where a new…

Self Storage Market of the Month: St. Albans, UK

  StorTrack’s featured market this month is St. Albans. St Albans is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England. St Albans is within the London commuter belt and the Greater London Built-up Area. Local government services are now provided by Hertfordshire County Council (strategic services) and St Albans City and District Council. St Albans has a highly skilled workforce and Deloitte, Spreadex, AECOM, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Premier Foods have offices in the district. How is St. Albans as a self-storage market and is it a good place to consider investing in? We’ve…

Self Storage Giant Opens 82,000 Square Feet Site at Teal Park

We are excited to open our new facility in Nottingham, offering storage and office space to local individuals and businesses. This is our sixth store in the Midlands and represents our ambitious expansion plans to open more sites across the region including Stoke-on-Trent, Willenhall, Kidderminster and Witney.” – Simon Williams, CEO – Storage Giant The UK’s largest independent self-storage firm has opened its first facility in Nottinghamshire – its sixth in the Midlands and the eighth since 2016. Storage Giant opened its doors at Teal Park, Netherfield last week, offering…

Work To Begin on 95,000 Square Feet Storage Hub After Double Deal

Property agency KWB has completed a double deal with self storage business Space Station. A vacant 69,154 sq ft warehouse, situated on a 2.43-acre on Garretts Green Lane in Birmingham has been sold to the firm, which it will use to deliver a 95,000 sq ft facility with work starting on the scheme in June. The news follows the completion of a land sale at Castle Bromwich Trade Park on Chester Road, where construction of a 12,000 sq ft, five-storey building is close to completion. The two new units take…

New Self Storage Unit Now Open in Sidmouth Town Centre

We’re very excited to bring a new self storage facility to Sidmouth. We know from the removals arm of our business that there’s a strong demand for secure, dry and clean away-from-home storage.” – Paddy Lee, Director of PotburysA new self storage facility has opened in Sidmouth in the former Potburys auction rooms in Temple Street. The space has been extensively refitted and now contains 27 self storage units ranging from 175sq ft to 15sq ft. Short-term and long-term lets are available. The owner of the facility Paddy Lee, Director…

Go-Ahead for Former Towsure to Become Storage Facility

Plans to convert a former outdoor store in Halesowen into self-storage units have been given the go-ahead despite objections from people living nearby. The former Towsure Outdoor Leisure Superstore on Long Lane will be let to a self-storage firm.” The store, which was originally a B&Q, closed in February and operates online and from its Sheffield HQ. It withdrew a downsizing plan which would have split the building into two units, with one remaining as a store and the other becoming a self-storage facility, after nearby residents said the move…

Crown Advisory Plots 80,000 Sq Ft Manchester Self Storage Facility

Architect Create It Studios designed the scheme on behalf of developer Crown Advisory. The facility would provide a total of 80,000 sq ft of self-storage space across four floors.’ Plans submitted to the city council would see the conversion of the vehicle repair site off Hyde Road to create the industrial building, near to the O2 Apollo venue, at a time when occupancy rates are at their highest. Architect Create It Studios designed the scheme on behalf of developer Crown Advisory. The facility would provide a total of 80,000 sq…

Storage Company Makes Bridgend Move and Plans Major Expansion

Winning UK Container Operator Site of the Year 2023 is a great achievement by the team who have worked extremely hard to make our facility a worthy winner. At blue self storage we do things a little differently and it’s great our accomplishments have been recognised on a national level. The team were out in force and it was great to share the experience with them.” – Dean Daly, Operations Manager – blue self storage South Wales storage firm, blue self storage, is going from strength to strength with work…

Lok’NStore to Add Wirral Site to Portfolio

Lok’nStore will receive one-off fees for finding and securing the site, development advice and use of the Lok’nStore brand. The expectation is that the developer will be onsite in the coming months, with the store expected to open in late 2024.” Self storage business Lok’nStore Group has exchanged contracts on a new site on the Wirral. The Bromborough site will be a base for a new 49,500 sq ft Landmark store. The site, which already benefits from planning permission, will be owned by an existing Managed Store client. Lok’nStore will…

Pink Storage Recognised As Lowest Price Storage Company In Wales

Pink Self Storage is a company that provides simple, low-cost self-storage solutions. It has live storage sites in Swansea, Cardiff, Newport, Barry, and many other locations in Wales. Pink Storage and Scott Evans proudly announce that the company offers the lowest price guarantee; storage is half-price for eight weeks. Arranging to access a self-storage site is convenient. Customers can click on the hire sign-up. Once the sign-up is complete, the customer is sent a text containing a code to open the self-storage unit. Each self-storage site has easy access and…