Special Advisor to the SSAA Board, Paul Fahey, posted this inspiration - for the Asia industry! 25 years ago, there were a total of 300 stores in Europe. Today - over 7,000! We're well past the 300 mark in Asia, but we have A LOT of room for growth! As our continent discovers self storage - customers, investors and entrepreneurs alike - the path is clear and it is heading up up up!! Thanks for sharing Paul and congratulations to you and your colleagues! #selfstorage #selfstorageinvesting #selfstorageindustry
(Self-Storage) Boys who became Men! It was an average of 25 years ago, in the 1990s, when this bunch of guys, then in their 20’s and 30’s, joined a fledgling self-storage industry. As some of todays veterans of the industry we lunched together in London on Thursday. Each and every one were brave pioneers back then, in a new sector that consumers, businesses and funders new little about. A sector that has grown in our time in the industry from 300 stores in Europe to 7000 stores today. A few things are remarkable about our group; Firstly, the fellowship and strong friendships that have developed between us. We are great pals that have not only partied together over the years but also shared between us, our industry knowledge and best practices. Secondly, this group of 14 veterans between us have operated over 350 stores over the years and have established and sold 18 different self storage portfolios (including over 100 stores and 5 million sq ft of self-storage space.) We still operate between us, nearly 200 stores, not only in the UK, but also in Poland, Italy and Germany. Thanks to my friends for another special get together ❤️❤️ Paul Glenister, ex Easistore (the dinner organiser🙏🏻) David Milton ex ABC James ( Jim ) Gibson Big Yellow Norman Galbraith Go Store Robin Greenwood Storage King Robert Hampson ex BSSG Michael Fogelberg Storage Inn Mike Rayner ex Big Box Angus Burnett Metro kevin doyle Mylockup Rory Windham Go Store Guy Pinsent Less Mess Mike McCarthy McCarthy’s Storage World Thanks also to Mike Tindall, who also joined us, for steering the chat away from Storage 🤦🏻♂️
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11moWell done men’s club! For diversity , equality and inclusion,let’s start to have ladies club for self storage business