eKourier Jan 2012

Complementing the Old With the New

significance of the building within the local area. Built in the 1930’s as a five storey wool store, the retail area has maintained the architecture of the building. The eye-catching elements that have been retained include the massive timber supports, open ceiling, original wood flooring and raw brick facade.

great for displaying our full range of moving boxes and packaging supplies. The new fit out has really enhanced the street appeal, creating a lot of curiosity amongst passers-by keen to see what’s happening. Darren Marshall General Manager

The new office and retail area now have

K ennards Self Storage has just finished an office relocation and upgrade at our facility at 444 Jones Street, Ultimo. The new office has been designed to capture and enhance the historical

a wonderful historical warehouse feel while at the same time looking contemporary with clever use of glazing and polished concrete flooring.

The retail area is incredibly spacious,

Spotlight On Belmont...

our closest competitor All Storage Belmont, which was adjacent to the rear of our property. This added 260 units and 3000 square metres of space (65% of it occupied). It consisted of one completed two storey building and a second with only the ground floor completed, much to Michael and Sam Noyes excitement, there is room for 2 more!!

metres warehouse as an out station which they keep up to 12 postie bikes and gear in. The mail is delivered to them here and the posties sign on and off in the office, and we fax their time sheets through. The Team The team at Belmont consist of Lenci Taylor, Centre Manager who has been with the company two years. Ian Thompson, Assistant Manager and Sue Harris Assistant Manager. Ours biggest challenge will be trying to maintain our high level of customer service and presentation with the increased size of the centre. Team Belmont

Assistant Manager Ian Thompson and Manager Lenci Taylor

History KSS Belmont was originally a Kennards Hire site and the self-storage units were added to the property in 1982. They were all ground level and the majority drive up units. A two storey addition was completed in 2006 to give a total of 550 units and 6000 square metres. The Belmont site has enjoyed huge growth over the last two years with occupancy increasing from 70% to over 90% in this time. Site Features In September this year we acquired

The integration went surprisingly smoothly, with a bit of orange and blue paint and a couple of fences knocked over you’d never know it wasn’t always ours. The golf cart is certainly getting a work out. We have great exposure being on the busy Pacific Highway and now have a handy second entrance/exit gate as well. The residents of Belmont seem to have a lot of toys! The driveway units are very popular for motorbikes, Quad bikes and water craft. We also have Australia Post who rent a 50 square

Storers - Australia Post

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