eKourier July 2015

PROPERTY Spotlight on... Moore Park Fantastically,

M oore Park was originally a glass manufacturing operation which began in 1890 and continued for more than 100 years. The AGM building was erected in 1938 specialising in large volume items such as jam jars and bottles, and would have reached almost every household in Australia. The building is heritage listed due to its dramatic curved façade and structural use of glass blocks and minimal detailing, along with the distinctive Art Deco tower, an innovative example of 1930’s architectural design. AGM subsequently left the Glass manufacturing site in 1990, which was purchased by Meriton and later purchased by Millers Self Storage. Millers Self Storage retrofitted the interior of the building with storage units. The exterior of the building was maintained to appear the same as when it was first built in 1938. In 2004 Kennards Self Storage purchased Millers Self Storage. The building fronts South Dowling St, a main arterial to the city and is seen daily by thousands of motorists, more so whenever sporting events are held at Allianz Stadium (SFS) and Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) both located within walking distance. The building itself is a landmark in the local area, the majority of which is densely populated by high rise apartments. One of the unique features of the centre is an adaptation of an existing vault on the premises, to create a secure vault room for 204 individual deposit boxes. Directly across from the centre is the Moore Park Super Centre, with over 50 specialty stores. Also closely situated is the new complex named East Village, with a further 48 specialty stores. A vast number of customers at KSS Moore Park are residential, whether moving house, renovating or travelling. We do have a number of businesses that operate from the centre as well.

our biggest competitor in the area is Kennards at Waterloo. Outside of the company we have a medium sized two level Rent a Space, Global Storage, Grace Storage and a number of other operators. We are the most obvious

operator for the Eastern Suburbs.

We are lucky at Moore Park to have had

the chance to trial what we call our three wheel transport bike - ‘Benny the Bike’, a new concept for the storage centres. It’s a fantastic way for customers to move small goods or transport their boxes home after shopping in the box shop. ‘Benny the Bike’ is easy and economical to use, convenient to get around town on, easy to park, no need for a licence, and creates a lot of attention and best of all is free for customers to use. On top of this, our customers have access to our free trailer move in service, and to our EMU (Easy Moving Unit). Our EMU is highly sought after in an area where a lot of residents do not have vehicles. The centre has a total rentable space of 9,904 square metres. Rented area saw a drop in 2010 to the early 7000’s, ever since experiencing a steady increase in occupancy, driving back up to an average of 8,319 square metres this financial year.

to hit 86% occupancy in May and have achieved a record month on four occasions. Having a larger sized centre brings with it many challenges; keeping on top of all the customers, drawing in potential customers, and cleanliness of the centre to name a few. These challenges are met by utilising dynamic roles within the Team, where everyone is upskilled to handle every task, big or small. This not only gives improved service to our customers, but keeps the Team engagement high and creates an incredibly diverse ‘day in the life’ as we rarely do the same thing two days in a row. The Team at the centre consists of Cory Blake (Manager), Kieren Munn (Assistant Manager), Ashley Naidu (Assistant Manager) and Geoff Surtees (Assistant Manager). Team Moore Park

We have maintained 85% occupancy over several months, we were able

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