History

2001
  • Founded under the corporate name Piedmont Storage Management
  • Acquired 4 properties in Tokyo 23 wards
2002
  • Opened 1st shop in Tokyo Minato ward, under the consumer brand name Kuraban 24
  • Changed corporate name to Piedmont Ltd
  • Acquired 3 properties in Tokyo
2003
  • Changed consumer brand name to Quraz.
  • Acquired 3 properties in Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka
2004-2005
  • Opened 10th Quraz facility
  • Acquired 10 properties in Tokyo, Sapporo, Nagoya and Osaka
  • Served 5,000th customer
2006
  • Acquired 9 properties in Tokyo, Sapporo and Nagoya
  • Served 10,000th customer
  • Launched Quraz Parking
2007-2010
  • Celebrated 5 year anniversary of Quraz brand
  • Opened 30th Quraz facility
  • Served 30,000th customer
  • Acquired 9 properties in Tokyo, Niigata, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kita Kyushu and Fukuoka
2011
  • Acquired 7 properties in Tokyo and Kanagawa
  • Celebrated 10 year anniversary of Piedmont Ltd
  • Served 50,000th customer
2012
  • Acquired 2 properties in Tokyo and Kanagawa
  • Celebrated 10 year anniversary of Quraz brand
  • Changed corporate name to Quraz Ltd
2013
  • Acquired 2 properties in Tokyo and Kanagawa
  • Evergreen Real Estate Partners LLC (“Evergreen”) acquires business
  • Secured JPY20 billion non-recourse long-term debt financing from Prudential
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2014
  • Closing of first property aquisition under Evergreen ownership in Tokyo.
  • Served 90,000th customer
2015
  • Acquired 1 property in Tokyo
2016
  • Celebrated 15 year anniversary of Quraz Ltd
  • Opened 50th Quraz facility
  • Acquired 9 properties in Tokyo and Chiba
2017
  • Acquired 4 properties in Tokyo
2018
  • Opened first ground-up facility in Tokyo Edogawa ward
  • Opened 60th Quraz facility
  • Launched Quraz Shuttle service in Tokyo
2019
  • Expanded Shuttle service to Kanagawa
2020
  • Opened 3 properties in Greater Tokyo, bringing total portfolio to 67
  • Expanded Shuttle service to Osaka
2021
  • Launched Quraz Takuhai Support service
  • Celebrated 20-year anniversary of Quraz Ltd
2022
  • Served (cumulative) 40,000th customer