Kennards Self Storage is an Australian

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company.

History

In 1973,

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established Australia's first

facility at the rear of its

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branch. Initially branded as Kennards Mini Storage it was renamed Easi-Stor in 1979.How Sam Kennard built a $2.6b empire
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'' 17 December 2023Brief History
Kennards Self Storage In 1981 a derelict wool store building in

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was purchased and redeveloped as

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’s first self storage centre. Nine further properties were subsequently purchased in Sydney,

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and

during the 1980s. In 1991, the Kennard family, decided to split the business, with Neville Kennard taking the self storage business. At the same time it was renamed Kennards Self Storage. A further 14 storage centres opened in the 1990s including the first in

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. In the early the first of 15

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storage locations opened. In a 50:60

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with Valad Property Group, in 2004 24 self storage properties were purchased from Millers Self Storage. In 2007 eight facilities were purchased in New Zealand. In November 2010, Kennards bought out Valad Property Group shareholding in the joint venture.Kennards Complete Buy-Out of Joint Venture
Kennards Self Store 22 November 2010 By 2023 101 facilities were operated.

References

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