LONDON, 1 October 2026 – PGIM has provided a €125 million senior loan to refinance U Store It, Ireland’s leading self-storage platform. PGIM’s real estate business is the world’s second-largest real estate investment manager with US$219 billion in assets under management and administration globally1.
Completed on behalf of PGIM’s real estate senior debt platform, the transaction refinances U Store It’s existing debt and reflects PGIM’s continued confidence in the platform’s operational track record and growth trajectory.
U Store It comprises nine modern self-storage facilities, including a mix of purpose‑built and high‑quality conversion properties, across Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway, and Waterford, totalling approximately 793,000 square feet.
PGIM has been lending against European self-storage for over 10 years, including assets in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.
“U Store It has built a genuinely differentiated position in Ireland’s self-storage market, and this refinancing lets us back a platform with a clear runway for growth,” said James Day, executive director, European Senior Debt Originations at PGIM. “Ireland’s self-storage sector is still emerging, but demand fundamentals are strong, supply remains limited, and awareness is rising, giving us real confidence in this platform for the long term.”
U Store It has, over the last couple of years, grown its maximum lettable area from 359,000 square feet to 793,000 square feet, now comprising nine assets across Ireland and Northern Ireland, through extensions at Ballymount and Charlestown, the 2025 delivery of the new Liffey Valley facility, and a further Galway extension due to be completed in Q1 2027. Founded in 2001, the platform continues to be run by a senior management team with deep storage-sector experience dating back to the mid-2000s.
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1 As of 30 June 2026. PGIM’s real estate business is the second-largest real estate investment manager (out of 63 firms surveyed) in terms of global real estate assets under management based on Pensions & Investments’ “Largest Real Estate Investment Managers” list published October 2025. This ranking represents AUM as of 30 June 2025. Participation in the ranking is voluntary, and no compensation is required to participate in the ranking.
2 As of 30 June 2026. Assets are rounded to the nearest full number.
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