Bluespace is a company dedicated to the rent of storage rooms and mini-storages in Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia. Our clients are particular clients and companies in need of space.
The company initiated it's activities in Barcelona in October, 2002 of the hand of two entrepreneurs, Alexander Ruckensteiner and Arnaud Ripert with the aim to offer a service of storage deprived in Spain.
During the first years, the company experienced a dizzy growth, increasing exponentially as well it's invoicing as it's offer of storage boxes and available centers.
Bluespace made a turn in it's business strategy in julio de 2005, incorporating it's main shareholder PRAMERICA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS LTD; as specialist in Self Storage with their European company seat in London, also beeing part of Prudential Financial Group.
In less than five years, Bluespace is placed at the top of the market sector in Spain, with a market share that overcomes 28% of the existing centers in our country. This way, nowadays, Bluespace has 19 centers of rent of lumber rooms: 9 of them in Barcelona, in the capital (c/Ravine Guipuzcoa) and in the province (Hospitalet de Llobregat, Montcada, Badalona, The Prat de Llobregat and Sant Just Desvern, Cornellá de Ll., Sant Feliu de Ll.), six more in Madrid, in the capital (zone Julián Camarillo) and in the province (Leganés and Alcorcón), and three in Valencia, in the capital (zone Campanar) and in the province (Avda. Ausias March y Avda. del Cid). It supports approximately 15.000 storage boxes and more than 86.000 m2 rentable space at the disposal of individuals and companies.
The following graph illustrates Bluespace's evolution refering to incorporation storage centers in Spain.
The Self Storage business grows in Spain at a very high level - above the European average - and is revealed as a sector of great economic potential by the increasing social demand, as more and more people known the kind of service offered.
Bluespace is dedicated to stay in the position as leader on the Spanish market for private storage. To reach this target, Bluespace keeps investing in the acquisition of new facilities, inaugurating from 6 to 8 new centers each year, in the provinces of Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia.
Management team
Bluespace relies on a team of experienced directors who are orientated manage the company growth with a maximum efficiency:
CEO: Alexander Ruckensteiner
CFO: Julio Cepero
Operations Manager: Luis Correa
Property Acquisition Manager : Bartomeu Fiol
Marketing & IT Manager: Nicolas Perez
Technical Manager: Salvador Ruiz
Human Resources Manager: Silvia Raspall
Business Development Manager: Joaquin Izquierdo
Financial Controller: David Raya
Board of Directors
The members of Bluespace's board of directors contribute a deep knowledge of the Spanish Self Storage's market and their target is to support Bluespace to stay on top of the market in Spain.
- Philip Barrett: (Presidente), Director Senior - Pramerica Global Merchant Banking
- Kaushik Shah: Director Senior - Pramerica Global Merchant Banking
- Nicholas Vetch: director no-ejecutivo - Fundador y Presidente Ejecutivo de Big Yellow, operador inglés de Self Storage, líder en su mercado.
- Alexander Ruckensteiner: (Secretario) Director ejecutivo - CEO y cofundador de Bluespace
- Julio Cepero: Vicesecretario no consejero