Martin’s Properties, a family-owned real estate company operating in London and South England, has launched Cactus Self Storage, a wholly owned and funded platform through which it intends to acquire and develop facilities across South and Southwest England. The company also named Graham Gunn as head of operations, according to a press release. Construction on Cactus’ first purpose-built self-storage facility at the corner of Abingdon Road and Hadden Hill in Didcot, England, begins this month, with an expected opening in the first quarter of 2027. It’ll offer more than 300…

Midlands firm Beyond Storage is set to open its first Shropshire site this April, at the former Rea Valley Tractors site in Newport. Herefordshire-based Beyond Storage is set to open its new self-storage warehouse in Newport in April. The new business will be located on the former home of Rea Valley Tractors on Audley Avenue. The Shropshire firm announced it would be closing down its branch on Audley Avenue in November 2024 as part of what the company described as “continued efforts to strengthen and optimise its operations” across Shropshire…

Storage Giant has moved into Kidderminster with the opening of its latest store. The Kidderminster location is the 16th self-storage and office rental facility in Storage Giant’s roster. The Ratio Park site offers more than 500 self-storage units ranging from small lockers to 500 sq ft units suitable to house a business. Simon Williams, founder and managing director, said: “Our expansion to Kidderminster exemplifies our ambitious growth plans in action, with our latest plans to bring low-cost storage solutions to businesses, house-movers, students, and private customers looking to free up…

A family-owned storage business is spending more than £500,000 to grow its Poole facility by a third as demand continues to spiral. Store & Secure, which opened in Hamworthy four years ago, is to add hundreds more units to meet a growing need for space from both domestic and business customers. The business is run by sisters Lucy and Sophie Maidman, who have named its Poole base Joyce House after their late mother. Lucy Maidman said: “We opened four years ago and the 40,000 sq ft included hundreds of storage…

Cinch Self Storage has put up a sign at the old Vauxhall garage off the A4 Bath Road in Chippenham promising that a large facility will be “opening soon” after plans were approved by Wiltshire Council. An application to demolish the former garage, which has been empty for years, and replace it with a three-storey storage facility was given the green light in January. Previous designs for the scheme would have seen a larger building constructed, but these were withdrawn and amended plans were submitted last April. Both the original…

Scottish Capital is delighted to announce a twenty-five million pounds investment in LOCKUP. LOCKUP is the latest brand investment from Scottish Capital, delivering 24-hour access, fully automated, drive-up lockups purpose-built for commercial customers. The investment in LOCKUP has funded the first site opened in Paisley this morning as well as high visibility sites in Cumbernauld, Dundee and Port Glasgow. Further sites will be announced in due course, and the plan is to expand the brand across the UK. LOCKUP is designed to simplify life for customers. At the heart of…

Parcel locker location expert LockerQuest has more than doubled the size of its partnership with a leading delivery brand, helping property owners open new revenue opportunities. In two years, LockerQuest has significantly increased the portfolio of lockers installed with global provider of business to engineer field inventory networks Thinventory. In September 2023, LockerQuest had secured sites for Thinventory lockers measuring 1000m in combined width. Following extensive work, the combined width now totals 2200m. LockerQuest enables site owners to generate additional income by bringing lockers to unused or underutilised space and…