eKourier July 2015

PROPERTY

A Little Bit of History Joins KSS

M ay 2015 signalled another KSS milestone with the opening of centre #83 at Mittagong. Mark Mallinson has returned to KSS and has been joined by local talent Col Fuller to make up the enthusiastic Mittagong Team.

on the block had local heritage value. The decision was made to restore it and incorporate the cottage into the grand plan.

Now restored with a brand new roof it

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Fully developed the site will boast 400 to 500 storage units over 5,500 square metres.

provides the venue for our Wi-Fi equipped meeting room, coffee and tea kitchenette and bathroom facilities. All the original windows, tessellated tile doorstep and fretwork have been retained. Our land size at Mittagong is over 20,000 square metres, this includes a substantial creek system and nature band that we are not able to develop into storage. Stage one consists of 213 storage units over 3,600 square metres. This includes 14 Enterprise Spaces ranging from 36 to 108 square metres. These oversize spaces have already proven popular with over half rented in the first two weeks. ‘

It’s quite interesting how the Mittagong storage centre came about. Nev Kennard originally purchased the property at 245 Old Hume Highway. Before developing the land for the storage centre it was rented to a good friend for some years. He was a fanatical car collector – in particular French cars. Many locals will remember the land at that time covered with cherished Citroen’s. At its peak the land had up to 100 Citroen’s in various states of restoration and repair. This amazing collection was subsequently relocated to a new location nearby. When Sam and Nev approached Council with their plans to start building it was discovered that the beautiful old cottage

Fully developed the site will boast 400 to 500 storage units over 5,500 square metres.

The locals have embraced their new storage centre with occupancy racing to just under 40%, this has exceeded our expectations, suggesting a very bright future ahead for KSS Mittagong and the Team. Darryl Hodgson NSW Operations Manager

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