KSS January eKourier

PROPERTY

SPOTLIGHT ON CROYDON PARK

T he Croydon Park Centre was the fifth facility built in South Australia. The old existing warehouse space was converted into a Kennards Self Storage centre and has been operating since 2018. The centre has a great variety of ground floor and upstairs options. Additionally, six driveway accessible Enterprise Spaces serve as a home base for some of our larger business customers. The centre is located at the intersec- tion of Days and Torrens Roads in the suburb of Croydon Park, which is currently experiencing gentrification like many of the surrounding suburbs. A large portion of the customers we have met over the last 6-12 months have purchased new homes in housing developments such as the St Clair, Dock One, Angle Park and Fletcher’s Slip developments, which have played a big part in our occupancy growth in recent times as demand for storage in the area continues.

the Conference Room and internal units which stay cool year-round.

for four years and previously managed the Adelaide Airport centre, while Alan has extensive retail and merchandising experience, so to say that the Merchan- dise Displays are pristine would be an understatement! Croydon Park closed off December with it’s highest occupancy to date (92.5%). The challenge is to now sustain this level of occupancy and improve their square metre actual and asking rate.

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THE CENTRE HAS A GREAT VARIETY OF

GROUND FLOOR AND UPSTAIRS OPTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, SIX DRIVEWAY ACCESSIBLE ENTERPRISE SPACES SERVE AS A HOME BASE FOR SOME OF OUR LARGER BUSINESS CUSTOMERS

KSS Croydon Park Josh Bendall, Centre Manager and Alan Burvill, Assistant Manager

Croydon Park is one of two centres that provides Gun Storage across Kennards in South Australia. It is also one of the few centres that has an EMU onsite, which has proven to be of huge benefit to customers that are either unable to or are uncomfortable towing a trailer. The centre benefits from an open car park and three lifts, making access to upstairs units a breeze. The current Team is Josh Bendall (left), Centre Manager and Alan Burvill (right), Assistant Manager, who joined us in 2020. Josh has been with Kennards ‘

The centre is also host to many business customers from a wide

variety of industries. A new customer of ours, Matt from Garbi Distributers, is a wholesale importer and distributer of international foods and confectionery. Matt says that Garbi has benefited from the facilities at Croydon Park including

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