Self Storage Market of the Month: St. Albans, UK

  StorTrack’s featured market this month is St. Albans. St Albans is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England. St Albans is within the London commuter belt and the Greater London Built-up Area. Local government services are now provided by Hertfordshire County Council (strategic services) and St Albans City and District Council. St Albans has a highly skilled workforce and Deloitte, Spreadex, AECOM, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Premier Foods have offices in the district. How is St. Albans as a self-storage market and is it a good place to consider investing in? We’ve…

Self Storage Giant Opens 82,000 Square Feet Site at Teal Park

We are excited to open our new facility in Nottingham, offering storage and office space to local individuals and businesses. This is our sixth store in the Midlands and represents our ambitious expansion plans to open more sites across the region including Stoke-on-Trent, Willenhall, Kidderminster and Witney.” – Simon Williams, CEO – Storage Giant The UK’s largest independent self-storage firm has opened its first facility in Nottinghamshire – its sixth in the Midlands and the eighth since 2016. Storage Giant opened its doors at Teal Park, Netherfield last week, offering…

Work To Begin on 95,000 Square Feet Storage Hub After Double Deal

Property agency KWB has completed a double deal with self storage business Space Station. A vacant 69,154 sq ft warehouse, situated on a 2.43-acre on Garretts Green Lane in Birmingham has been sold to the firm, which it will use to deliver a 95,000 sq ft facility with work starting on the scheme in June. The news follows the completion of a land sale at Castle Bromwich Trade Park on Chester Road, where construction of a 12,000 sq ft, five-storey building is close to completion. The two new units take…

New Self Storage Unit Now Open in Sidmouth Town Centre

We’re very excited to bring a new self storage facility to Sidmouth. We know from the removals arm of our business that there’s a strong demand for secure, dry and clean away-from-home storage.” – Paddy Lee, Director of PotburysA new self storage facility has opened in Sidmouth in the former Potburys auction rooms in Temple Street. The space has been extensively refitted and now contains 27 self storage units ranging from 175sq ft to 15sq ft. Short-term and long-term lets are available. The owner of the facility Paddy Lee, Director…

Crown Advisory Plots 80,000 Sq Ft Manchester Self Storage Facility

Architect Create It Studios designed the scheme on behalf of developer Crown Advisory. The facility would provide a total of 80,000 sq ft of self-storage space across four floors.’ Plans submitted to the city council would see the conversion of the vehicle repair site off Hyde Road to create the industrial building, near to the O2 Apollo venue, at a time when occupancy rates are at their highest. Architect Create It Studios designed the scheme on behalf of developer Crown Advisory. The facility would provide a total of 80,000 sq…

Storage Company Makes Bridgend Move and Plans Major Expansion

Winning UK Container Operator Site of the Year 2023 is a great achievement by the team who have worked extremely hard to make our facility a worthy winner. At blue self storage we do things a little differently and it’s great our accomplishments have been recognised on a national level. The team were out in force and it was great to share the experience with them.” – Dean Daly, Operations Manager – blue self storage South Wales storage firm, blue self storage, is going from strength to strength with work…

Lok’NStore to Add Wirral Site to Portfolio

Lok’nStore will receive one-off fees for finding and securing the site, development advice and use of the Lok’nStore brand. The expectation is that the developer will be onsite in the coming months, with the store expected to open in late 2024.” Self storage business Lok’nStore Group has exchanged contracts on a new site on the Wirral. The Bromborough site will be a base for a new 49,500 sq ft Landmark store. The site, which already benefits from planning permission, will be owned by an existing Managed Store client. Lok’nStore will…

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.…