All Trade counters & self-storage articles – Page 2
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Insight
Deal or no deal for self-storage sector
The pandemic fuelled demand for self-storage units and a wave of mergers and acquisitions across the sector. But will the boom continue post-Covid?
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Information
Self-Storage supplement April 2022
Self-storage operators reveal how they have fared during the pandemic and share their outlook for the future – The volatility caused by Covid resulted in a boom in mergers and acquisitions activity in the self-storage sector – but will the rush of deals continue post-pandemic?
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Markets
Boom time for trade counters
High demand buoys sector despite rocketing rents and space shortages.
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Markets
Automation drives sector growth
The adoption of tech and creation of unmanned sites could open up new locations.
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Online
Dunmoore sells Ashford Trade Park to Sevenoaks District Council
Investment and development company Dunmoore has sold Hilton Road Trade Park, in Ashford, for £3.8m to Sevenoaks District Council.
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Markets
Self-storage is set for growth
Investor interest rises as Covid-related lifestyle changes spur take-up.
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Online
Self storage market sees growth during the pandemic
Q3 results from the Self Storage Association UK report increased year-on-year occupancy despite the pandemic.
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Insight
Why trade counters buck Covid downturn
Back in January, when I was interviewed by this magazine (‘ Hobby reveals trade secrets of Dunmoore ’), I said I viewed trade counters “as part of the last- mile logistics business” and that I believed “they will play a big role in the future supply chain”.
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Online
Lok’nStore posts 6.44% rise in group revenue
Lok’nStore reported a 6.44% rise in group revenue to £18m for the year to 31 July.
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Online
Lothbury sells Oxford retail warehouse for more than £11m
Lothbury Investment Management has sold a retail warehouse and trade counter in Oxford for £11.4m, Property Week can reveal.
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News
Moorfield Group and Stor-Age form self-storage joint venture
Fund manager Moorfield Group has entered into a joint venture with South African self-storage REIT Stor-Age.
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Markets
Self-storage operators think inside the box with office offer
Self-storage operators offering no-frills office space are seeing growing demand.
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Insight
Shoosmiths think tank: a new future for industrial leases
The coronavirus lockdown has caused a spike in demand for temporary warehouse space, accelerating a trend towards shorter industrial leases Shoosmiths and Property Week brought together a panel of industry experts to debate whether more flexible leases will prove to be a short-term trend or a long-term solution.
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News
Chancerygate and Hines receive planning permission for £20m Kent trade park
A joint venture between Chancerygate and Hines has been granted planning permission to speculatively develop a 100,000 sq ft trade park with a gross development value of around £20m in Tonbridge, Kent.
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Online
Amazon to pre-let former Toys ‘R’ Us in Croydon
Amazon has signed a pre-let for a new storage and distribution centre at a former Toys ‘R’ Us store in Croydon, south London.
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News
Self-storage enquiries plummet by up to 50%
UK self-storage operators have reported a 30% to 50% drop in enquiries for space.
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Online
LGIM snaps up 56,000 sq ft self-storage facility in Stafford
Legal General’s UK Property Fund (LGIM) has acquired a 56,000 sq ft self-storage facility in Stafford, Property Week can reveal.
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Markets
Rise of unmanned self-storage
Nick Hughes asks whether the UK will follow the likes of Sweden and embrace full automation
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Markets
Hobby reveals trade secrets of Dunmoore
Jeff Hobby tells Mitchell Labiak how he built property company Dunmoore by investing in trade counters through good and bad times
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Online
Dunmoore acquires new Ashford site
Dunmoore has acquired a former car dealership in Ashford, Kent, for a conversion into a trade counter destination.