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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…

Growing Independent Leamington Storage Company Squab Wins Prestigious UK Award

Squab Storage has been named as the UK’s Independent Operator Store of the Year at The Self Storage Association United Kingdom Awards A Leamington company has landed a prestigious UK award – and is now in the running for a top European title. Business centre and self storage company Squab Storage, which is headquartered on Harbury Lane in Leamington Spa, has been named as the UK’s Independent Operator Store of the Year at The Self Storage Association United Kingdom (SSA UK) Awards in Birmingham. The firm will now compete for…

Ready Steady Store Northampton Recognised for Excellence at Prestigious Industry Awards

Northampton’s leading self storage provider, Ready Steady Store, has been recognised for its standards of excellence, with store manager, Tina Sheridan, scooping the ‘UK Manager of the Year’ award at the Self Storage Association UK Awards 2023.” The principal trade association representing the interests of self storage operators and industry suppliers in the UK, the Self Storage Association facilitates the growth of one of the UK’s fastest-growing alternative asset-based industries and boasts over 500 members. One of the most prestigious events in the self storage industry, honouring organisations and individuals…

Self Storage Business in Great Yarmouth Celebrates First Birthday

We are delighted with how successful our Great Yarmouth Southtown store has been over its first year. It has been great to see homeowners and businesses using our facilities for various storage purposes and we look forward to continuing to offer quality self storage solutions to our customers.” – Andy Egerton, Operations Director – Ready Steady Store A self storage business has marked the first anniversary of its second outlet in Great Yarmouth. Over the past 12 months, more than 255 people have used the branch of Ready Steady Store…

Moorfield and Peloton’s UK Open Storage Logistics Venture Adds £26 Million Portfolio

Moorfield Group and Peloton Real Estate’s UK open-storage logistics facilities investment venture has added four sites to its portfolio. The partnership has acquired the portfolio, comprising four sites in Newport, Peterborough, Preston and Tewkesbury for £26m (€29m). The sites are leased to used vehicle marketplace BCA.” In July last year, Moorfield and Peloton partnered to create the venture which expects to put together an initial £100m portfolio. Moorfield, investing on behalf of its Moorfield Real Estate Fund V, is the majority investor in the joint venture. Peloton will mainly be…

Plans to Create Self Storage Container Site Between Canal and River in Sowerby Bridge Submitted to Calderdale Council

  The scheme, when at capacity, would see around 150 green 20 feet containers at the site with adequate lighting, CCTV and electric gates to secure the site, says the application to Calderdale Council.” A company hopes to develop a container self storage site on almost a hectare of land it says is “underutilised” in Sowerby Bridge. SCA Self Storage is seeking five-year temporary planning permission to develop the sites at the Gas Works site at Chapel Lane. The scheme, when at capacity, would see around 150 green 20 feet…

Fenland Farm Storage Business Wants to Add 72 New Containers

A farm next to Fenland in Barnham Broom is looking to further expand its storage container business in response to demand. Barn Owl Farm is seeking permission for another 72 self storage units on its property.” The business, located off Bell Road, already has around 129 containers on the site, having already been given permission to expand last year. The latest plan will use agricultural land adjacent to the existing storage containers. A member of the public has written to South Norfolk Council’s planning team to object to the schemes.…

Self Storage Market of the Month: Hemel Hempstead, UK

StorTrack’s featured market this month is Hemel Hempstead. Hemel Hempstead is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England. St Albans District Council has plans to meet its 2,500 new homes building target by building on land to the east of Hemel Hempstead near the M1 motorway. Land to the west of Chaulden and Warners End has been removed from the Green Belt designation and is due for development with 900 new homes. There are seven state-maintained secondary schools in the town and in addition, there is a West Herts…

Shurgard Obtains Building Permit for North London Site

Direct project cost (excl. absorption cost) is estimated to amount to GBP 18.5 million and the expected property yield at maturity is expected to be within our guidance (8-9%).” Shurgard, the largest developer, owner and operator of self storage centers in Europe – has received planning permission for its development project in Tottenham (in the North of London). Shurgard’s most recent development pipeline, which has been publicly disclosed, includes the site. The property will be built on a freehold site and will replace an existing building. The future c. 8,200…

Plans for Storage Facility Submitted to Renfrewshire Council by North Star Storage

Plans for a storage facility in the Abbotsinch area of Paisley have been submitted to Renfrewshire Council. North Star Storage wants to introduce a facility with steel containers and an office at Glasgow Airport Business Park. A planning application has been put in for a location, which is bordered by Inchinnan Road and Marchburn Drive. A statement, prepared by agent company Zander Planning, said the proposal would involve the reuse of a brownfield site. It explained: “Planning permission is sought for the use of the site as a class six…