KSS eKourier January Edition 2025

PROPERTY

SPOTLIGHT ON HAWTHORN

L to R: Kennards Self Storage Hawthorn. Daniel Huntington and Adam Kniese.

W elcome to Kennards 5,160sqm of land.

beginnings.

Together we have a collective KSS experience of over 22 years (Daniel having around 17 years experience, and myself around 5 years). I have come a long way since starting with KSS as Assistant Manager at Flemington. I moved to KSS North Melbourne as Manager the following year, and became a Hub trainer for a short period. I then took on the challenge of a bigger and busier centre at Hawthorn in October 2022. Daniel started his KSS journey in 2007. He started at Abbotsford Hoddle Street and then moved to Abbots - ford Langridge Street for a couple of years before moving back to Hoddle Street. After a couple years at Hoddle Street, he left the company for some travel, returning later in 2011 as a TSM casually. He then eventually took a permanent position as Assistant Manager at Ivanhoe. In May 2022 Daniel moved to Hawthorn. We are very passionate about our customer service and pride ourselves in doing the best we can. We work well together and reflect the company’s FREEDOM values.

Self Storage Hawthorn, Established in 2017, offering

KSS Hawthorn also offers 94 climate controlled Wine Storage cellars, ranging from a small 12 cases up to 550 case walk in wine cellars.

Kennards first acquired 453 Auburn Road, Hawthorn from Cabrini Laundry (The Vatican had to sign off for the purchase). The property was then fit out with 738 storage units with a rentable area of 7,074sqm. The centre started an expansion onto level two in 2022, opening an extra 263 storage units. These extra units were all ready to rent in March 2023, bringing the centre to 9,019sqm of rentable space. With the expansion, the occupancy went from over 90% occupied down to just under 70% occupied. Skip forward to today, we are now sitting around 85% occupancy. We have recently installed 50 1x1 lockers, bringing our total to 1,049 units in a rentable space of 9,048sqm. Located 8 kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD, we are very central to the busy hustle and bustle of Melbourne’s ever growing population, which has been reflected in Hawthorn becoming a very busy centre from its humble

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We have recently installed 50 1x1

The centre has its quirks and can be a bit of a maze for newcomers. (We even have some small units and lockers located within the stairwells.) The centre also comes with its challenges, we have had a couple of floods in our basement. An older building will always have some issues, but its these challenges that make us learn and grow, bettering our skills . Our team comprises of myself, Adam Kniese (Manager) and Daniel Huntington (Assistant manager). ‘ lockers, bringing our total to 1,049 units in a rentable space of 9,048sqm.

Adam Kniese Manager, KSS Hawthorn, Vic

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