Padlock Euro Storage Fund I Completes the Acquisition of the Ashford Property in Ashford, London [England]

Padlock Euro Storage Fund I (the “Trust”) announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of a freehold property located in Ashford, London, United Kingdom (the “Ashford Property”) for a purchase price of £7,250,000 excluding costs. The transaction was satisfied by way of cash from the proceeds of the Trust’s recently upsized debt facility. The Ashford Property consists of a freehold interest in an undeveloped parcel of land on which a purpose-built self-storage facility will be constructed, netting approximately 70,000 rentable square feet of self-storage units. With in-place planning…

New Self-Storage Coming Together on Manchester Road in Bolton [England]

A new development in a prominent spot near Bolton town centre is set to open later this year. The scheme will see a large patch of wasteland at the corner of Manchester Road and Lower Bridgeman Street turned into a multi-storey self-storage unit. The development, which was approved in 2023, will be run by self-storage company Shurgard, which operates facilities across the country. The firm has confirmed that it is looking to open it in late December this year. It says it will feature online “eRental”, digital access and a…