Category: Recent Transactions

Padlock Euro Storage Fund I (the “Trust”) announced today that it has indirectly acquired 100% of the share capital of SBR WB Limited for £100,000 which was satisfied by way of cash from the proceeds of the Trust’s recently secured refinance debt facility. The sale includes the company’s rights and obligations pursuant to a property purchase agreement that provides an asset purchase of £5,734,000 when the condition precedents of the agreement are satisfied which include delivery of a newly constructed and completed storage warehouse (the “Property). The Property consists of…

Heitman LLC (“Heitman”), a global real estate investment management firm, today announced the acquisition of a self-storage site in Galway, Ireland, further establishing their U-Store It business as the leading provider of self-storage facilities across the country. This transaction, undertaken in furtherance of Heitman’s global core plus focused strategy, reinforces Heitman’s conviction in the European self-storage market and the growth potential in Ireland in particular. This bolt-on acquisition follows the firm’s acquisition of the U-Store It self-storage platform in Ireland in 2022, a transaction driven by strong demand/supply fundamentals. The…

Padlock Euro Storage Fund I (the “Trust”) announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of three leasehold properties located in Gillingham, Mitcham, and Sittingbourne, United Kingdom for a combined purchase price of £8,775,000 excluding costs, which was satisfied by way of cash from the proceeds of the Trust’s recently secured refinance debt facility. The Gillingham Property, purchased for £4,186,000, consists of a leasehold interest in an existing self-storage facility located in Gillingham, UK. The 3-story facility currently offers approximately 27,180 net rentable square feet of self-storage units. The…

One of the UK’s leading container storage providers has successfully completed the purchase and expansion of their award-winning site in Cardiff. blue self storage Ltd said the strategic acquisition marked another milestone in the company’s rapid growth and commitment to serving both domestic and commercial customers. The Llanishen facility, situated on the Ty Glas Industrial Estate in North Cardiff, has expanded from three-quarters of an acre to just over an acre, now boasting 181 self-storage units of various sizes. Earlier this year, blue self storage entered into discussions with Millgrove…

Barwood Capital has acquired its first site in Lincoln, as part of a new investment strategy focused on the growing self-storage sector which will see the company partner with self-storage specialist, Flexiss. The acquisition was made through Barwood Regional Property Growth Fund V. Barwood is partnering with Flexiss as an operator and development partner for the new strategy, helping to acquire vacant buildings to be transformed into modern, energy-efficient self-storage assets. Flexiss currently has c£200m in assets under management, including new build development projects and conversion projects. The new facilities…

A fast-growing storage giant has taken over two new storage sites near Ludlow. Denbigh-based Lock Stock Self Storage has just signed the contract to acquire Craven Arms Self Storage and Ludlow Self Storage at Brimfield in Herefordshire, between Ludlow and Leominster. The deals will take Lock Stock, the UK’s largest containerised storage company, up to 30 sites with over 4,600 units providing almost six million cubic feet of space. Operations manager Mike Trow said: “We have had a presence in the border counties for a while so it has very…

Hines, a Houston-based firm specializing in global real estate development, investment and property management, has entered the European self-storage market with the acquisition of a three-property portfolio in England. Located in Ashford, Chatham and Ebbslee, the facilities will be managed and branded by Storage King, which operates 43 locations in the U.K. Together, they offer 1,449 units, according to the source. “The nascent U.K. self-storage sector is propelled by long-term demographic and consumer trends likely to drive increased demand in the years to come, particularly in densely populated commuter towns…