First Pocket Storage to Open in Historic London Building

LONDON and PALM BEACH, Fla., June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pocket Storage, a U.K.-based vertically integrated owner and operator of self-storage properties, and Forum Partners, a leading global real estate investment and asset management firm, today announced that the historic Biscuit Factory in Bermondsey, London, will be the first site for their new technology-enabled self-storage platform that will deliver secure, convenient and fully automated self-storage facilities in ultra-urban markets in the U.K. 

"Our fully automated model allows us to price rents at a significant discount to market average while ensuring a best-in-class customer experience," said Max Wilson, co-founder and CEO of Pocket Storage. "By providing a modern storage solution at a disruptive price point, we believe we will be able to capture significant market share in an underserviced market."

Seventy-eight percent of residents in the London Bridge & West Bermondsey ward are between the ages of 20 and 39. This dense, highly mobile population is currently served by only two traditional self-storage facilities, underscoring why Pocket Storage sees Bermondsey as an ideal market.

When the site at 100 Drummond Road opens this summer, the company plans to offer 132 storage units across 10,000 square feet of net rental storage area, spread across two floors.

Pocket combines proprietary booking and site access software with a real estate strategy focused on repurposing underutilized urban spaces to deliver fully automated and centrally located storage facilities in underserved markets. This differentiated approach enables Pocket to solve the challenges traditionally associated with operating self-storage properties in dense, urban environments: limited space and staffing costs.

Pocket Storage intends to open 38,000 square feet across three centrally located London facilities throughout 2025. After reaching scale in the U.K., Pocket Storage intends to expand across targeted urban markets worldwide through Forum's global real estate platform and beyond, in such key markets as New York City, Paris, Tokyo and other space-constrained city centers.

Pocket has partnered with Forum Partners, an investment manager with more than $7.7 billion deployed in real estate companies across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, to launch and grow the new platform.

About Forum Partners
Forum Partners is a global investment manager focused on investing in real assets and best-in-class real estate companies. Since its establishment in 2002, Forum has deployed approximately $7.7 billion of capital across 24 countries and over 100 investments. The company's strength lies in identifying a catalyst for unlocking asset and enterprise value and tailoring investments accordingly. Forum's portfolio of operating companies and affiliates directly or indirectly own or manage over $14 billion of commercial real estate in the United States and worldwide. For more information, visit forumpartners.com  

About Pocket Storage
Pocket Storage is an ultra-urban self-storage platform that aims to provide secure, convenient, fully automated self-storage facilities to densely populated urban areas. The Platform's use of proprietary software for booking and access in tandem with its focus on underutilized spaces (i.e., car parks, vacant retail) solves the traditional challenges of self-storage operation in urban areas.  For more information, visit pocket.storage

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