Storage Bros has opened their doors in Ste. Agathe, offering storage units for personal and commercial goods for residents of the southeast. The business is located on Voyageur Road and offers units sized from 6-by-6 to 12-by-18, as well as barbed-wire security fencing, 24-hour customer access, and 24-hour camera surveillance.
Greg and Derek McKnight are the two brothers behind the operation. They are also the brainchilds behind Bubble Soccer Winnipeg, a games equipment rental business that struggled during the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2020, however, they recognized self-storage as an opportunity to could keep their business going.
With Greg’s business sense and Derek’s accounting expertise, they realized that they were in a position to serve more rural locations by providing self-storage for the needs of rapidly growing communities.
“We started Bubble Soccer Winnipeg and were loving it, but then COVID happened,” says Greg. “We first noticed a self-storage business for sale in Lac du Bonnet and bought it. It became a good investment and we decided to expand.”
Now, with rural locations across Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, the brothers say they’re excited to serve Ste. Agathe and the surrounding area because of the needs they see in the communities.
“We’re here to serve Ste. Agathe, and a lot of the surrounding towns really,” says Greg. “With our experience serving communities outside of Winnipeg, we noticed the businesses that are growing that need a bit of extra storage for machinery or equipment. And we noticed with a lot of families moving into the area, storage while waiting for a house to be completed can be an issue.”
Greg says they are excited to bring jobs to the area, as they will need to fill maintenance and other support positions.
They are also happy to be part of the exciting things happening south of Winnipeg. For example, they are going to be providing an inflatable attraction at the Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair this summer.
“We’re really excited by what’s happening in the communities south of Winnipeg,” he says. “There is really exciting growth and the people are finding there is an atmosphere of community in these towns. We are happy to begin to get to know people better and being part of the upcoming Niverville fair is part of that.”
For anyone interested in self-storage at Storage Bros in Ste. Agathe, Greg says that they are celebrating their grand opening by offering one month free to all new customers.
