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Is Self Storage Overbuilding Imminent in Australia? A Prominent Operator Examines the Market
bySam Kennard

Is Self Storage Overbuilding Imminent in Australia? A Prominent Operator Examines the Market

Despite high property prices, new self storage projects continue to spring up across Australia. The managing director of the Kennards Self Storage brand questions whether overbuilding is on the horizon and offers a performance overview of existing operations.

Challenges Confront the Self Storage Disrupters
bySam Kennard

Challenges Confront the Self Storage Disrupters

There has been some noise recently in Australia about self storage industry disruption from peer-to-peer storage providers.

COVID-19 – Message from our CEO
bySam Kennard

COVID-19 – Message from our CEO

Message to our customers and visitors

Australia’s First Self Storage IPO is About to Lift Off
bySam Kennard

Australia’s First Self Storage IPO is About to Lift Off

Decades after self storage listed on Wall Street in the USA and more than 10 years after the UK’s first self storage listing, Australia looks set to see its first self storage IPO.

Self Storage Finance in the Australia Market Place
bySam Kennard

Self Storage Finance in the Australia Market Place

The self storage industry in Australia has grown to be in reach of most of Australia’s population.

Culture at Kennards Self Storage Receives More Recognition
bySam Kennard

Culture at Kennards Self Storage Receives More Recognition

It was again a delight to receive a Culture Sustainability Award for our continued constructive results in our annual culture survey.

Kennards Self Storage Founder Remembered in the SMH
bySam Kennard

Kennards Self Storage Founder Remembered in the SMH

The Founder of Kennards Self Storage – Neville Kennard – has been nicely remembered in the Sydney Morning Herald.

A Guide To Buying At Storage Auctions
bySam Kennard

A Guide To Buying At Storage Auctions

With the successful hit reality TV show – Storage Wars – Kennards Self Storage has seen a noticeable increase in buyer interest.

Half a Billion Dollars on 22 Self Storage Assets
bySam Kennard

Half a Billion Dollars on 22 Self Storage Assets

In late 2011, CubeSmart negotiated a ‘seismic’ deal to acquire 22 A-grade Self Storage Assets in the New York Area.

A Stern Friend of Freedom
bySam Kennard

A Stern Friend of Freedom

The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s behaviour or political views.

Neville John Kennard Passes Away – Entrepreneur, Adventurer, Libertarian…
bySam Kennard

Neville John Kennard Passes Away – Entrepreneur, Adventurer, Libertarian…

Born 4/10/1937, Died 3/6/2012 Eldest son of Walter and Theo Kennard, brother to Joan Connery and Andy Kennard.