Category: Development News

Newport’s Storage Giant on Course for Major Expansion in 2021/22

Newport-based self storage specialists are on course to double in size over the next 2 years, having grown their occupancy rates during the pandemic. The firm, which is the largest private self storage provider in Wales and the second largest in the UK, has sites across Wales, The Midlands and the M4 corridor, and it is pressing ahead with plans to open new sites in Bridgend, Nottingham, and two in the West Midlands in the coming months. We are well positioned and looking forward to opening new sites across the…

Wrexham Reopening for Self Storage Firm

A self storage company has re-opened one of its Wrexham storage parks after a £150,000 refurbishment. The work by Lock Stock Self Storage included an extension to its Whitegates facility, which has more than doubled its capacity to 130 units. We have seen incredible demand across all our sites across North Wales and in the borders where we have sites in Shrewsbury and Oswestry and much of it has been driven by the housing market as people look for storage ahead of moving home.” The outfits are already being snapped…

Big Yellow Group to Build in Epsom, England

U.K. self storage operator Big Yellow Group PLC is building a facility on a 0.8-acre site in Epsom, England, just south of London. The company purchased the property for £6.5 million. Once complete, the project will be 56,000 square feet. Big Yellow Group operates 101 self storage locations in the United Kingdom under the Big Yellow Self Storage and Armadillo Self Storage brand names, with most concentrated in Greater London and Southeast England. Source

Squab Group to Build Self Storage in Rubery, England

Squab Group, a family-operated storage company with three locations in England, is building a new location in Rubery, England. Hortons’ Estate Ltd. will construct the 15,000-square-foot facility in the Birmingham Great Park on Hollymoor Way. Expected to be complete this year, it’ll also offer offices for rent. Squab operates facilities in Daventry, Evesham and Leamington Spa. In addition to self storage, it provides business centers, conference rooms, document shredding, removals and van hire.

Shurgard Self Storage Europe to Convert Two Buildings in Paris

Shurgard Self Storage Europe SARL, the European affiliate of U.S.-based REIT Public Storage Inc., is converting two buildings in Paris to self storage. The first, northwest of Central Paris, will comprise 53,820 square feet in 800 units. The second, in southwest Paris, will have the same square footage in 750 units. Both are expected to be complete at the end of 2022. Shurgard operates 40 locations and has five other projects underway in Paris. The company offers 1.2 million net rentable square meters in seven countries. Source