Talking Property with CBRE

What's in Store: Why Self Storage is on the Investment Radar

Talking Property with CBRE

Show Notes

Explore the fast-expanding self storage sector with two of the top three players in Australia and New Zealand: Nikki Lawson from Abacus Storage King and Sam Kennard of Kennards Self Storage.

Discover why this asset class is attracting global attention, billions of dollars in annual revenue, and big investments from local and offshore players in our latest episode of Talking Property with CBRE.

Get insider perspectives on what's driving growth and the unique challenges and opportunities ahead.

Key topics up for discussion include:

How the resilience of the self storage market post Covid has put Australia on the global map. The mispricing that's driving interest in self storage investment opportunities. The likely headwinds and tailwinds for the sector. Why self storage is a very human business linked to life events and the way in which this is influencing the sector's evolution.

While this is one of our longer episodes, stay with us to find out some of the more unexpected uses of self storage as well as what's next for Abacus Storage King and Kennards Self Storage.

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