eKourier Oct 2018

PROPERTY Spotlight on Wetherill Park

K ennards Wetherill Park is located at 2 Cowpasture Place. The KSS blade sign is prominently placed at the busy intersection between The Horsley Drive and Cowpasture Road. The centre itself is situated near the Smithfield-Wetherill Park commercial area, attracting a fair number of local businesses and tradies. Opposite the centre, are the residential areas. To our advantage Wetherill Park doesn’t have direct competition within a five kilometre radius. Also, Wetherill Park is fortunate in having a variety of different types and sizes of units to suit a broad range of storage needs and budget requirements. It has parking spaces for trucks, cars and boats, enterprise spaces and plenty of drive-ups. Rather uniquely we are one of the few centres that offer units specifically for motorcy- cles. These can also double up as general storage for those wishing to get

a small unit on the ground floor.

and a 1950’s vintage car once driven by Lucille Ball from the iconic TV show I Love Lucy. The current Team at Wetherill Park are Anthony Lo, Centre Manager, who has been at Kennards for seven years, and Kaio Tang, Assistant Manager, who is approaching two years with the company. Since October 2017, the centre has reached and maintained high perfor- mance level. We achieved over 90% occupancy across two consecutive months, peaking at 91.5% at one stage. Our challenge is to reach above 90% again and with that also achieve growth in income. Having tasted the sweet fruits of high occupancy we, as a Team, are determined. Kaio and Anthony Kennards Self Storage Wetherill Park

Wetherill Park was opened in 1988. THQ was once based here before moving to Homebush. There are currently eight buildings in the centre, comprising of 720 units and a total of 9,278 sqm. The last development was completed in 2008, which added a two-storey building where our office is now located. There are future plans to knockdown and replace some sections of the centre with new enterprise and retails spaces. Like at other centres it is the customers who keep our job interesting. Our customers are often impressed by the cleanliness of the centre, in particular the toilet amenities!! The Wyldmen of Waterproofing are one of our long-term customers, having stored at Wetherill Park for almost 22 years and still counting. There are customers storing special cars, including a Lotus sports car

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