The Australian self-storage sector has largely flown under the institutional radar, but that could be about to change. 

Often touted as the dark horse of the industrial and logistics sector, the asset class provides defensive yields and inflation hedging in a volatile market. 

It is a tightly held subsector, according to Ray White Group head of research Vanessa Rader who says that in the past 18 months there has been just $493 million in transactions.