{"id":2692,"date":"2025-08-04T13:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/?p=2692"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:59:31","slug":"self-storage-provider-to-open-new-facility-following-7-million-investment-in-haslingden-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/self-storage-provider-to-open-new-facility-following-7-million-investment-in-haslingden-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Storage Provider to Open New Facility Following \u00a37 Million Investment in Haslingden, England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_25\/Lock-It-Haslingden-site-CGI-e1754310205801-500x334.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lock It, a self-storage facility provider which is part of the Manchester-based Hurstwood Holdings group of companies, is set to open its third facility, having expanded its operations with a new \u00a37m premises on St Crispin Way in Haslingden.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The 50,000 sq ft site, a former office building, will undergo a full transformation led by Hurstwood Holdings\u2019 in-house property team.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Once completed, the facility will offer a range of secure, modern lock-up units catering to both personal and business storage needs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Construction is due to commence immediately, with the site scheduled to open by spring 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Stephen Ashworth, chairman and CEO of property investor and developer Hurstwood Holdings, said: \u201cWe are excited to be expanding our Lock It self-storage concept into East Lancashire, a purpose-built facility and the first of its kind for the area.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The demand for secure, flexible storage space remains consistently high, driven by newly adapted consumer habits and business needs.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">He added: \u201cWe\u2019ve been very encouraged by the strong performance of our existing Lock It facilities in Wigan and Lancaster and having identified a major gap in the local market here, we see this new site as a natural next step in our continued growth and part of our long term commitment to delivering high quality, accessible storage solutions across the UK.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This will be the third Lock It location, forming a core part of Hurstwood\u2019s self-storage roll-out plan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">With long-term ambitions to establish a national footprint, Hurstwood Holdings is actively identifying further opportunities in key regional markets as part of its \u00a3350m nationwide portfolio.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/northwest\/news\/2156553-self-storage-provider-to-open-haslingden-facility-following-7m-investment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lock It, a self-storage facility provider which is part of the Manchester-based Hurstwood Holdings group of companies, is set to open its third facility, having expanded its operations with a new \u00a37m premises on St Crispin Way in Haslingden. The 50,000 sq ft site, a former office building, will undergo a full transformation led by Hurstwood Holdings\u2019 in-house property team. Once completed, the facility will offer a range of secure, modern lock-up units catering to both personal and business storage needs. Construction is due to commence immediately, with the site&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,22],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2694,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692\/revisions\/2694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}