KSS October eKourier 2024

FEATURE

NZ PORTFOLIO GROWS

KENNARDS WINS BIG AT CANSTAR

W e’re thrilled to share that KSS has been awarded GOLD for two of Canstar's awards. Best Rated Self Storage Brand and Best Rated Self Storage for Businesses. Aussies have rated Kennards Self Storage as number one in Canstar Blue’s latest self storage brand ratings, with five-star reviews across the board for value for money, quality of storage, safety and security, Above L to R: Suzie Maharjan - THQ, Gaurab Banksota - Auburn, Varsha Samji - Pymble, Craig Young - Camperdown, Phillip Boniface - Macquarie Park, Maddy Lowry, Jose Carreras - Parramatta, Kylie Mercer - Sandgate, Fiona Harding - THQ, Michael Ryan - Wentworth- ville, Melissa Forrester - Mayfield, Karyn Shayler - Nat Acct Mgr Canstar Blue, Krishna Challa - Hornsby, Nick Wang - Ultimo1, Jyoti Sengupta - Hoxton Park. This incredible achievement is a direct result of the hard work, dedication, and care that every one of you brings to your roles. Whether it's going the extra mile for a customer or ensuring our spaces are top-notch, it’s clear that our efforts are making a real impact. These awards are not just a win for the company,they’re a celebration of you, our team. Thank you for consistently living our values and making Kennards a place where customers feel valued and cared for. We are proud to be The People Who Care! customer service, accessibility, location and overall satisfaction.

W e have achieved a great milestone in the NZ Portfolio with our now ten active sites following the successful acquisition of Kiwi Self Storage in Kilbirnie, Wellington on the 4th of September. This becomes the 112th centre in the KSS group and continues the desire to grow our presence in the Wellington market. sale involving several competitors over two months and another first for KSS. Sam managed this process while overseas on holiday and relied upon the collective THQ Team to make a multi-million dollar bid without even visiting the site! traditional modern day box shape centre from its current first-genera - tion ranch style. Located in a captive market situated in the eastern side of the Wellington city right near the Airport. The nearest competition located at a sufficient distance away to make this site the most logical place to store on this side of the city. And at the time of writing, it is also pleasing to see the start of our fourth site in the Hawkes Bay region, with the demo and ground pre work for The opportunity arose from an invita - tion to participate in a rare off-market This Kilbirnie site is a cracker opportunity to build up into a

our Omahu Road site in Hastings.

This is another significant invest - ment for the NZ portfolio and has been sitting in the development pipeline following the purchase of a Brownfield site (Brownfield land is previously-developed land that has been abandoned or underuti- lised for commercial purposes and requires further development to use) some years ago.

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I look forward to writing about the development and growth of the NZ portfolio in the coming months. While the current economic cycle conditions are challenging, it just makes the future achievement and success even sweeter. pleasing to see the start of our fourth site in the Hawkes Bay region ‘

Fiona Harding Head of Business Development & Partnerships

Andrew Kirkham NZ Operations Manager

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