Category: Development News

A national property firm has expanded its pipeline of self-storage units with the acquisition of a site in the South West. London-headquartered Martin’s Properties has bought the freehold interest in the one-acre North Bristol site from a UK fund. The move builds on the firm’s presence in the self-storage market, which it has identified as a strong growth sector with strong fundamentals. It says growth in the sector has been accelerated by consumer trends, such as home working, upsizing and downsizing, and space creation. With modern house sizes reducing and…

A new self-storage business could open in Rogerstone, after city councillors approved a proposed new development for the Wern Industrial Estate. Blue Self Storage Ltd has won planning permission for up to 144 storage containers on the site, which is currently used as a car and lorry parking area. Case officer Adam Foote told Newport City Council’s planning committee the proposal was considered a major development due to its size. The storage units, if built, will be covered in a “living roof” and a wildflower area would also be planted…

MEGA Yards + Storage is a new storage facility for residents and businesses. It is offering a range of fully secure containers storage units, yard spaces with or without containers, and vehicle parking for rent. To celebrate the business launch, MEGA Yards + Storage is offering new customers a discount of 50 per cent off the first month of self-storage space and 15 per cent off the first six months of commercial yard space. Located in Hardwick Lane, Hannington, just off the A43, MEGA Yards + Storage offers a range…

Flexiss Group, the Wilmslow-based self-storage business, has acquired a new site in Telford, Shropshire, for an undisclosed sum. The purchase has been fully funded by the group, reflecting its strong financial position and ongoing commitment to sustainable, independent growth, it said. The new Telford site represents an important step in Flexiss group’s expansion strategy, broadening its SureStore footprint across the Midlands and enhancing the company’s ability to support local businesses with its fully automated storage facility. Co-founders, Mike Wilson and Andy Wood, said: “This acquisition underlines our confidence in the…

Aberystwyth is set to get a major new storage hub after a fast-growing firm announced plans to open in the town. Lock Stock Self Storage, the UK’s largest container-based storage company, will launch the new site near Rheidol Retail Park in the heart of the town within weeks. It will offer more than 100 storage units in a range of sizes which can be used for everything from household clear-outs and student belongings to tools, equipment and stock for small businesses. The company says its model is already helping thousands…

U Store It, which operates nine self-storage facilities in Ireland, has opened its flagship location in Dublin. The eight-story building at the Liffey Valley Office Campus in Palmerstown Upper is the “largest self-storage facility in Europe,” according to a press release. Spanning 150,000 square feet in more than 2,500 units, the building contains a first-floor café and remote workstations. Designed with sustainability in mind, it also features rooftop solar panels, electric-vehicle charging stations and an eco-conscious roofing system, the release stated. The Dublin site also incorporates cutting-edge self-storage technology, including…

A former discount food supermarket in Telford is set to become a new self-storage hub, after Sure Store announced plans to move into the town. Sure Store, a trading moniker of Manchester-based Flexiss Group, is set to move into an empty unit on Telford’s Rampart Way retail park. The building is the former home of the “Telford Food Share Project”, a food-sharing style operation which offered discounts on food which was deemed surplus by major supermarkets. It closed in 2022. The company is the sixth-largest self-storage operator in the UK,…

Vanguard Self Storage has received planning permission to convert a vacant office in Maidenhead into a new branch – its tenth in England. The 50,000 sq ft office building on Norreys Drive will be converted into a 660-unit self-storage facility offering 40,000 sq ft of net lettable space across three floors. In line with Vanguard’s other premises, the Maidenhead store is set to feature a historical centrepiece as a focal point for the site. A de Havilland Vampire aircraft, currently being restored, will be displayed in the triple-height atrium –…

A part-retrospective application for the installation of the units with associated landscaping, external lighting, parking and signage – on Lords Fold – came before the planning committee on Tuesday. According to a report to the committee, the site comprises an area of hardstanding measuring approximately 65m in length and 25m in width, bounded by a paladin security fence and accessed via double-gates. It said: “The site is set up as a self-storage facility that is seeking consent by this application. There was previously an industrial unit on the site, but…