Category: Development News

If you’ve driven into the city from the south or headed out that way, you’ve probably noticed the five-story steel skeleton of a building rising there just south of the Thurbers Avenue curve on Route 95. So what exactly is it? According to a spokesman for A. Autiello Construction, it will be a self-storage operation with a slight twist from the typical storage facility: customers will be able to drive a U-Haul-type moving truck right into the building, close a garage door and unload their belongings securely and protected from…

CoVault Workspace, a Scottish self-storage, and flexible workspace company are in the final stages of development for its newest branch in Polmadie, Glasgow. The brand-new property is located on Polmadie Road, less than 15 minutes outside of Glasgow’s City Centre. Set in the heart of a rapidly-developing business hub, CoVault Polmadie is adjacent to M74 Junction 1A and is neighboured by Starbucks, Riteway Autocare, and IONITY electric charging stations – as well as a range of retail and dining establishments. With a total workspace area of over 5700 sq ft…

Shurgard, the largest developer, owner, and operator of self-storage centers in Europe – is purchasing a building located northeast of Utrecht province (The Netherlands). This new deal comes shortly after Shurgard secured a long-term lease agreement in the Amsterdam area and further highlights the Company’s expansion plan in the market. The future c. 3,100 sqm self-storage property is set to open in 2023 and will offer approximately 450 self-storage units to the area. It will also complement nicely one of our stores in the direct vicinity of that new property.…

A Self-storage business has opened a large third site in Poole. Lucy and Sophie Maidman, the sisters behind Store & Secure, have opened the facility in Hamworthy and named it after their mother, who lived in the area for her whole life. The three-storey, 40,000sqft bright yellow building includes serviced offices and more than 500 storage units, including containers outside. Store & Secure already has large sites in Bournemouth and Basingstoke. The new base is named Joyce House after the sisters’ mother Joyce Maidman, who died in 2020. It is…

A self-storage company is taking space at the former Next store in Liverpool city centre as part of a UK-wide expansion. Tony McDonough reports. Self-storage brand StoreAway is opening a new self-storage centre in the former Next store in Liverpool city centre. StoreAway’s move into a 40,000 sq ft space at the Church Street site is part of a nationwide expansion plan by the business which aims to transform around 250,000 sq ft of redundant retail space. It will open in Liverpool in early May. It has been founded by…

A successful York storage company is seeking to expand, as well as install solar panels on its roof. Go Store in Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, has applied to the City of York Council to extend its existing 1,452m2 premises by 163.5m2, as well as erect ten self-storage units totaling 102m2. The planning application said the extension would look similar to the existing building. It added: “The Go Store unit has been in operation two years. The impetus for this application has arisen from the existing business and the rising demand…

A NEW storage facility will open in Workington, allowing people to store caravans as ‘staycations’ boom in the UK. Cumbria Storage Solutions has unveiled a new storage facility on an industrial estate in the town. The company has taken over premises at Unit 6 Lowther Road, Clay Flatts following extensive renovation works including the installation of self-storage units within the main building. The business also operates Cumbria Caravan Storage within the secured compound adjacent to the self-storage facility. Located within close proximity to the town centre and a 10-minute walking…

Main contractor MCS Group has completed two facilities for a major self-storage specialist. The company has provided units at Winwick Road, Warrington, and Pantheon Park, Wolverhampton, on behalf of Lok’nStore. Lok’nStore, which was established in 1995, is expanding across the country and has recently launched facilities at locations such as Ipswich, Hemel Hempstead, Leicester, Gloucester, Gillingham, Wellingborough, and Salford. Keir Edmonds, group managing director at MCS Group, said: “Our teams worked wonders to complete these Lok’nStore developments in Wolverhampton and Warrington within just a couple of weeks of each other.…