CAPITAL WATCH ISSUE 1 2018

Self storage With residential development driving relentless pressure on land in central London, the case for self-storage is an easy one. At the heart of self storage is a simple premise. If people use high cost residential space to store possessions that don’t need to be stored in high cost space, then there is a value proposition to finding an alternative. That alternative takes the form of an increasingly sophisticated industry, fighting for sites in London’s sought-after outer-ring. By Oliver Close, Partner, Valuation & Advisory oliver.close @cushwake.com ALTERNATIVES CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD 17 ALTERNATIVES