Australasia

Fort Knox Self Storage in Melbourne, Australia, recently supported a city-wide fundraiser to benefit homeless youths. In addition to donating 1,200 cardboard boxes for the May 26 “Sleep at the G” homeless simulation, 12 of the facility’s staff...

Australia-based self-storage operator U-Store-It is supporting South Australia Ambulance Service by providing free storage to house the materials that make “Trauma Teddies,” stuffed bears given to adults and children by rescue personnel during...

Australia-based self-storage operator National Storage REIT (NSR) has entered the Wellington, New Zealand, self-storage market with the purchase of two facilities for $25 million. The transaction is expected to close later this month, according to...

Australian self-storage operator National Storage REIT (NSR) has agreed to purchase a four-story self-storage facility in South Melbourne, Victoria, for $12.5 million. It will be rebranded as National Storage South Wharf due to its proximity to...

Spacer.com.au Pty. Ltd., an Australia-based peer-to-peer self-storage marketplace, has partnered with Paris-based peer-to-peer storage business Costockage to jointly expand service to Asia. The companies will leverage each other’s networks as well...

Storekat, an Australia-based, peer-to-peer, online self-storage marketplace that connects people in need of storage space with businesses and homeowners with space to rent, has won entry into the Curtin University Accelerate program. Aimed at...

Australia self-storage operators Fort Knox Self Storage and StoreLocal Pty. Ltd. will merge to create a $160 million portfolio of 38 facilities along the nation’s eastern coast. The combined portfolio includes 33 Fort Knox locations and five...

Kennards Self Storage, which operates more than 80 self-storage facilities in Australia and New Zealand, supported a charity drive in March to benefit the Aboriginal community of Jilkminggan in the Northern Territory. Kennards provided boxes and...

Australian self-storage operator National Storage REIT (NSR) has agreed to purchase a storage facility in Highett, Melbourne, for $17 million. The unnamed property comprises more than 4,600 square meters of rentable space in 700 units. The deal is...