Space sharing has greater development space than material sharing. The sharing of materials has natural limitations. For example, shared bicycles can only be used as bicycles, but there are infinite possibilities for the use of space. Especially in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, where every inch of land is expensive, there are more scenarios for sharing space.
Ruiwei will introduce two examples to you, in order to attract others. One is a “self storage warehouse” and the other is a nursing home. Where is the necessity of self storage? It comes from the demand generated during the space turnover process such as changing rooms. For example, my house has been sold, and the new house still needs to wait for several months. People can live in hotels. How can I temporarily store so many belongings? Maybe in a city where there is no shortage of space, this is not a problem. You can buy an old house. The family negotiated to postpone the delivery of the house for a few months. However, in a big city where the monthly rent is easily tens of thousands of yuan, the cash value of several months is tens of thousands of yuan. This is not a small favor, but a big account. There will be more and more demand for similar space turnover seams, and more and more self storage warehouses. The example of a nursing home is to tell people that a nursing home does not have to be only for the elderly, its rich space can be provided to young people who have difficulty in housing. As for the exchange of rent or the love of young people, both parties can negotiate happily.
The above are just two possibilities that have become a reality. As for the economic model of more space sharing, it will be an important innovation direction for commercial real estate.
There used to be a slogan: time is money, efficiency is life. The development of Shanghai in the past ten years has proved another truth: space is money, and upside down is efficient.
Recently, a 73-year-old man walked 20 kilometers early in the morning and found a self storage store.
The old man was in a hurry to find a small warehouse to put his furniture in. Furniture that needs to be temporarily stored, including dressers, large wardrobes, bookcases, double beds, corner sofas, dining tables, chairs, and more. Because the old man has sold the house he lives in, and the handover date is approaching, he is urged to hand over the house, and the contract has clarified the penalty for late handover. So he had to vacate the house before the deadline, and he was reluctant to throw away the furniture. He had to find a safe chai wan storage space, and put it away for several months.
Indeed, Shanghai is very big, with a resident population of 24 million, plus the floating population, it is estimated that there will be 30 to 40 million. The bigger the city, the smaller the individual. On the contrary, the small county is small, but the circle of individuals is very large.
Just imagine the following, you are a clerk in a small county, for example, like Song Jiang, you are a clerk. Then you will be very amazing. Song Yasi needs to replace the house, or renovate the house, or find a place to store the New Year’s goods. Many acquaintances in the county will vacate the house and the yard for him. Because a small county has a lot of space, the place is not very valuable, and there is no free place for any household. Coupled with the small county, Song Yasi roared, and the brothers came over to complete the demolition, packaging, transportation, and storage.
However, if Song Yasi lived in today’s Shanghai, he would not be so convenient. I want to renovate or replace my own home, and I want to put things in other people’s homes, but there is no empty space in other people’s homes. I wanted to find a few brothers to come and help. After waiting for a few hours, the brothers may still be blocked on the north-south elevated highway. Even if I rush over, finish the work, and gather at the hotel for dinner to thank the money spent, it is enough to invite a professional company to provide one-stop service.
The bigger the city, the smaller the individual. In a metropolis like Shanghai, for the vast majority of people, it is very, very small. When it comes to house replacement, renovation, relocation, etc., few people have room for temporary storage of items.
An inch of land is an accurate summary of Shanghai’s urban space. Five years ago, a boss of a second-hand office furniture distributor went to a Japanese-funded company to collect office furniture that others wanted to eliminate. The Japanese led him around. Tell him, how much for these old furniture? The owner of this transfer shop wanted to lower the price, so he quoted a purchase price of 1,500 yuan. He waited for the other party to counter-offer, but he did not expect that the other party ordered 1,500 yuan for him. This was the first time he knew that people would give him money for dismantling and moving their old furniture to make room. Now, in Shanghai, this is not uncommon.
Space in Shanghai is getting more expensive and scarcer. Most people do not have any room to store their belongings except where they live. This is not a phenomenon unique to Shanghai, but a common problem faced by all developed countries and regions in the world. The difference is that Shanghai has only begun to face such a problem, while other developed countries and regions have solved this problem through chai wan storage.
In the 1960s, in order to alleviate the pressure on housing space caused by the surge in population, self storage warehouses came into being in Texas, the United States, and quickly became popular in the United States, Europe, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and other places, becoming urban residents An important extension of the living space.
Self storage, also known as self storage, is called self storage in English. It is called mini-storage in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It is designed and decorated by property operators into chai wan storage units of different sizes and independent door locks. The storage units are generally There are no windows, the walls are corrugated metal, the doors of the storage units they rent are locked and keyed by the customer, and the entire property is secured by hiring security guards, installing surveillance cameras and an alarm system, and utilizing equipment such as dehumidifiers, air conditioners, etc. To control the temperature and humidity so that the items in the storage unit have a suitable storage environment.
Self storage first appeared in the United States, and the United States is also the country with the largest self storage in the world, with a total of 244 million square meters, a per capita area of 0.76 square meters, and 54,009 stores. Most Americans rent self storage warehouses to store furniture, kitchen utensils, clothes, photos, paintings, some seasonal items, books, magazines, linens, and more.
For a long time in the past, Shanghai has no self storage products for the storage of household items of urban residents. Therefore, Americans who come to Shanghai to work or study are accustomed to renting and using self storage warehouses in their country, but they cannot find similar products in Shanghai. Can’t help but wonder if Shanghai people pile all their items at home?
The answer is yes, not to mention the past, even now, the vast majority of Shanghai people, except for motor vehicles and non-motor vehicles, pile up all other daily necessities at home, which seriously affects the living comfort of residents. In recent years, with the continuous expansion of Shanghai’s population and the sharp rise in housing prices, Shanghai’s housing space has become increasingly cramped. At the same time, with the development of the social economy, the living standards of Shanghai people are constantly improving, and there are more and more daily necessities for urban families.
Today, self storage warehouses have also begun to take root in Shanghai. All-weather monitoring and security, 24-hour free access, variable function design, multiple space sizes, intelligent access control, constant temperature and humidity, one person, one warehouse, personalized VI design and humanized service concepts, etc. are fully in line with developed countries such as the United States, Europe and Japan. National self storage hardware and software facility standards.
The self storage model, positioned as “Shanghai people’s moving space”, can provide Shanghai residents with temporary storage space of varying sizes during house decoration, replacement and renovation, and the lease term can be calculated on a monthly or daily basis.
In Greater Shanghai, everyone is very small, but the society is huge. Self storage serving the entire Greater Shanghai can help Shanghai people spend very little money when they need extra space, and rent them as small as 0.8 cubic meters according to the actual number of days used. meters, up to 30 cubic meters of storage space for individual door locks.
The charm of big cities is probably also here. It is precisely because of the large number of social services that each individual can achieve the effect of “small body with big wings” by effectively utilizing these advanced and diverse social services.
