{"id":2913,"date":"2026-07-06T12:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:10:55","slug":"space-station-opens-19th-uk-site-in-historic-stafford-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/space-station-opens-19th-uk-site-in-historic-stafford-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Station Opens 19th UK Site in Historic Stafford Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2914 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Spacestation.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"146\" \/>Space Station has opened its 19th UK site in Stafford, converting the former Bull Hill Electricity Works, a local landmark dating to 1895, into a self-storage facility spanning more than 55,000 sq ft. The opening extends the operator&#8217;s portfolio, which covers London, Birmingham, Berkshire, Shropshire and Northamptonshire, and points to continued demand for storage space in the West Midlands. Commenting on wider market trends, a real estate partner at Charles Russell Speechlys cited urban density and smaller rented living spaces as key demand drivers, alongside growing interest from smaller businesses.<\/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;\">Self-storage was described as a resilient asset class, with scope for regionally focused investment strategies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #f97033; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 14px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 4px; line-height: 1.2;\" href=\"https:\/\/moversandstorersmagazine.com\/space-station-opens-stafford-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the Full Article<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Source<\/b>: The Movers and Storers Magazine<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space Station has opened its 19th UK site in Stafford, converting the former Bull Hill Electricity Works, a local landmark dating to 1895, into a self-storage facility spanning more than 55,000 sq ft. The opening extends the operator&#8217;s portfolio, which covers London, Birmingham, Berkshire, Shropshire and Northamptonshire, and points to continued demand for storage space in the West Midlands. Commenting on wider market trends, a real estate partner at Charles Russell Speechlys cited urban density and smaller rented living spaces as key demand drivers, alongside growing interest from smaller businesses.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,6,22],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913"}],"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=2913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2915,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913\/revisions\/2915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/uk\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}