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Post reporting period, Big Yellow opened new stores in King’s Cross in London and began work on new stores in Leicester and Slough, bringing the number of stores in the group’s pipeline to 11.” Self-storage company Big Yellow Group PLC (LSE:BYG)’s first-quarter trading statement detailed positive near-term growth and a strong pipeline of store openings on the horizon. Total revenues for the quarter hit £48.1mln, a 6.7% increase compared to the first quarter of 2022. Revenues increased 5.4% on a like-for-like basis when stripping out the impact of new store…

Cinch Self Storage has opened a new site in Essex offering 55,000 sq ft of lettable space. The Cinch Storage Brentwood facility opens following the conversion of an industrial unit, and the store has been equipped with security features and amenities across its 500-plus units. The store will also provide more than 2,000 sq ft of small office space. Cinch Storage has facilities in Enfield, Sittingbourne, Bicester, Brighton, Chippenham, Gillingham, Huntingdon, Leighton Buzzard, Letchworth, Mitcham, Newbury, and Newmarket. The Brentwood facility is Cinch Storage’s second store to open in 2023,…

If you are looking for a safe and handy place to store your belongings when space is short at home, then head for the new self-storage units in Sidmouth. Former auction rooms in Sidmouth have been transformed into ‘convenient and secure’ storage units – now open to the public and taking bookings. Dry, clean, with controlled access and plenty of parking, the 27 self-storage units offer long or short-term solutions. The new self-storage facility has opened in Sidmouth, and offers residents a convenient and secure place to store belongings. The…

  Up to eight new jobs are set to be created in Nottingham by a self-storage firm. Loft Self Storage has had its plans have been approved for the transformation of a former car showroom, garage and petrol station on Portland Road, Hucknall into a self-storage facility. Speaking about the upcoming project, Loft’s managing director, Nick Wiliams, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been granted permission to change the use on Portland Road. We plan on creating a much-needed self-storage area for all people who need that extra little…

  Construction has started on Prime Park, a development of more than 70,000 sq ft of energy-efficient warehouse and trade counter space in Birmingham. Legal & General Investment Management’s specialist industrial fund IPIF and development partner Prime Box are delivering the development on a 3.4-acre brownfield site off Hamstead Hill, just four miles north of Birmingham City Centre, with completion set for spring 2024. Located next to a new Lidl superstore, the scheme will comprise 10 units ranging from 1,690 sq ft to 28,416 sq ft. Several of the units…

Plans for a new self-storage facility in Bath that could help support 100 jobs have been given the go-ahead. Vanguard was granted planning permission to redevelop the former Regency Laundry site on the Lower Bristol Road at Bath and North East Somerset Council’s planning committee on Wednesday 28th June. Head of property at Vanguard, Mike Lamplough, told the committee that the facility would help to tackle the “chronic shortage” of industrial space in Bath. He said: “Self-storage is very attractive to business customers. At our Bristol store which we built…

Shurgard Self Storage Ltd (“Shurgard”) Shurgard signs new purchase agreement in the London region (south-west) Shurgard – the largest developer, owner and operator of self-storage facilities in Europe – has signed a new land purchase agreement for a building located in the London region and expects to obtain a planning permission in the coming months. This future c. 7,400 sqm self-storage property is set to open in the first quarter of 2025. The new freehold purpose-built facility will offer over 1,100 self-storage units (spread over four floors) to the nearby…