A place for your Picasso

The real estate market, just like any other, is driven to a large degree by modern ways of living and working. This truism recently became very apparent in the wake of the pandemic, when certain changes were forced upon us – changes that we not only had to get used to, but went on to adopt as permanent aspects of our lives. But the pandemic also accelerated trends that were already underway due to changes in consumer behaviour, lifestyles and technological developments, such as the growth in online retail. Another growth area that has taken off in this environment is that of the modern, self-storage facility. While the concept is relatively new to Poland, such services have been a feature in Western countries for several decades. “The modern self-storage concept originated in Texas in the 1960s, When garages on sites earmarked for hotel, office or other developments were temporarily used for the storage business,” relates Guy Pinsent, the CEO of Poland’s largest