Occupancy down after quiet quarter for Big Yellow

Self-storage group Big Yellow said that 2013 has started well with trading patterns returning to normal following a seasonal weak festive period.

Self-storage group Big Yellow said that 2013 has started well with trading patterns returning to normal following a seasonal weak festive period.

The firm's third quarter (three months to December 31st 2012), its seasonally weakest, saw occupancy in its 54 wholly-owned stores fall by 139,000 square feet (4% of capacity), compared to a loss of 57,000 sq ft (1.7% of capacity) in the same quarter the year before.

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