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Our Vision
To be the largest independent provider of premium self-storage in Europe. Our portfolio will be developed to market-leading environmental standards underpinning a business with ESG and quality at the core of everything we do.
Why Self-Storage?
Self-storage in Europe is massively undersupplied relative to the more mature US market but the sector is underpinned by compelling fundamentals:
- Strong rental growth reinforced by chronic undersupply
- Strong tailwinds from customer use cases (from remote working to growth in e-commerce) and fundamental sector growth driven by increases in customer awareness
- Defensive asset class with strong relative performance through COVID and GFC
- Compelling risk-adjusted returns over the long term
- Fragmented market with significant barriers to entry for high quality pan-European platforms of scale
Why Rafter?
Rafter Group brings together the power and dynamism of strong, independent brands with an entrepreneurial leadership into a cohesive group to further push the boundaries of the self-storage market.
- Clear synergies of a scaling group
- Best practice sharing across best-in-class management teams
- Opportunity through the provision of a high quality product in highly undersupplied markets
- Scaled platform facilitating both access to external financing and pathways to strategic exit
Our Brands
Rafter-Group has five customer-centric brands spanning six markets in Europe. Our strategy has been to invest in best-in-class teams and portfolios which are in key metropolitan areas. Self-storage remains a local business, so each brand has its own tailored approach whilst leveraging the synergies of being part of a pan-European group.
Asset Acquisition
Rafter Group is actively seeking land acquisition opportunities across our key markets of London, Madrid, Paris, Warsaw, Prague and Berlin, as well as other major cities in Germany and Poland. Our sites deliver stores ranging from 5,000 – 15,000 sqm of gross area, depending on location.
We are also open to looking at any investment opportunities on completed assets or portfolios in these markets.
Please contact info@rafter-group.com if you have an opportunity of interest.
6
Countries
60
Stores
300,000
SQM