About Us
100% locally owned family run self-storage business priding itself on personal customer service meeting the local community’s growth and changing storage needs for over 20 Years.
Owners
Tony and Bilinda live in Mosgiel and actively support local businesses, community and charity activities.
Tony Offen
Bilinda Offen
Our Friendly On-Site Customer Services Team
Contact any one of the team on +64 3 484 7005, info@millpark.co.nz or visit the Contact page to get in touch.
Frank Offen
Paul Donaldson
Kelvin Henderson
Historically Significant Site within Park Like Grounds.
Mill Park is located in Mosgiel, a short 15 minute drive west of the Dunedin City Centre and takes its’ name from the earliest flour mill established in the country in 1862 by Arthur John Burns (son of Reverend Thomas Burns) and became known locally as the “the Mill” which is now set within close to 25 acres of lawns and trees reflecting park like surrounds (“Park”).
The flour mill building was then incorporated into part of The Mosgiel Woollen Company and mill which was established in 1871, bringing the settlement of workers in cottages.
The Mosgiel Woollen Factory was one of the earliest mills in New Zealand to produce machine-woven cloth, second only to the woollen factory established in Nelson in 1858. The factory was the first in New Zealand to use electric lighting when this was installed in October 1885. The factory played an important role in Mosgiel, being the major reason the town developed in the first place, and remaining the major employer in the area for most of the twentieth century. The Mosgiel Woollen Factory continued to expand during the twentieth century, continually updating and expanding the plant and buildings at Mosgiel as well as acquiring the Roslyn Mill (1969) and Kaiapoi Textiles Limited (1972).
As a result of pressure from the restructuring of the textile industry over a long time, the woollen mill finally closed in February 2000 with the loss of 141 jobs. Tony Offen purchased the property following the closure, along with a neighbouring site (a few years later), developing the factory site into the Mill Park Industrial Estate for over 30 industrial businesses along with establishing the first self- storage facilities in Mosgiel in 2003.
The self-storage business started with 22 units and now has close to 1,000 units, vehicles and business storage customers. There is capacity and plans to double this as Mosgiel continues to grow. The Mosgiel population has expanded rapidly and continues to grow, with many people moving from Dunedin’s inner suburbs attracted by the family friendly topography, great schools and the sunny micro-climate to live in the growing number of attractive subdivisions and new retirement villages.