A derelict factory in Portslade is set to be turned into a storage facility, it has been annoucned.
StorageMart says it wants to transform the former hosiery factory, once described as a “Glass Palace of Industry” which now has broken windows and boarded up doors.
The building on Wellington Road opposite Shoreham Harbour was opened by a world-famous ballerina in 1957, with what was then cutting-edge glazing.
Post-war, the Portslade factory employed 650 individuals, cementing its historical importance amongst the heavy industry that lined this arterial route in the City of Brighton and Hove.
In recent decades, it has been turned into a scrapyard, and had become an eyesore.
StorageMart says it will take the historic building through a comprehensive transformation. The new location will feature modern video surveillance and access control systems, offering a range of sizes that will support the onward growth of the local cottage industries and established businesses alike.
Once complete, the area will be served by over 65,000 sqft of space spanning over 1,100 storage units for rent.
The property will be outfitted with energy efficient lighting systems and amenities including future accommodations for EV charging stations.
Alex Burnam, Senior Vice President of Real Estate Acquisitions said: “In light of our thorough market analysis, we are fully assured of StorageMart’s capacity to provide our customers with even more streamlined and efficient storage options.
“Our ambition is to continue to build upon our connections within this vibrant community, which is integral to our strategy for sustained expansion. This historic building is the perfect pallet to do just that.”
What sort of language describes a building as “the perfect pallet”?
Marketing gobbledegook possibly. Talk of a “vibrant community” and “sustained expansion” seem to support my theory.
I wonder why storage facilities seem to be needed more nowadays, can’t people bear to get rid of their possessions and are then willing to spend money on keeping stuff they don’t use?
People use them for all sorts of reasons.
Good place to store furniture etc whilst having work done on your house.
Storage for a period between house moves.
Friend of mine put their stuff in storage whilst they went on a year long trip.
For some businesses off-site storage like this may be cheaper than renting extra space at their office / shop etc
Yeah, speak to anyone at these storage units. Half their customers store junk for years for no reason.
I remember Kayser Bondor in its heyday, since I lived and worked in the area. Sad old building now. I wouldn’t pay good money to hang on to stuff I’ll never use again. Flog it or chuck it.
My favourite line is this.
offering a range of sizes that will support the onward growth of the local cottage industries and established businesses alike. Errm it’s a storage unit in the arse end of hove lol that’s mostly going to be filled with people’s junk. This clown really has been on the American marketing nonsense talk course hasn’t he she
650 used to be employed there as a storage unit they’ll be 1 person working there
Marketing people gone mad. Surely, enough to say “a modern, clean, secure facility designed to meet the growing demand for temporary storage of your precious belongings”
Christ, todays woke brigade companys need to understand that there jargon is just blue-sky thinking. Maybe next time when they write a business text they should brainstorm or action a project so that going forward we can think outside of the box and make sure we are all singing from the same hymn-sheet. If not, we can circle back and not have to re-invent the wheel to understand each other. Zzzzzzzzzzz