diff --git a/catkit_core/CMakeLists.txt b/catkit_core/CMakeLists.txt
index 7afde58a..2264c90d 100644
--- a/catkit_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/catkit_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ add_library(catkit_core STATIC
     FreeListAllocator.cpp
     MessageBroker.cpp
     UuidGenerator.cpp
+    LocalMemory.cpp
     proto/core.pb.cc
     proto/logging.pb.cc
     proto/testbed.pb.cc
diff --git a/catkit_core/LocalMemory.cpp b/catkit_core/LocalMemory.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57120fc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catkit_core/LocalMemory.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "LocalMemory.h"
+
+LocalMemory::LocalMemory(std::size_t num_bytes)
+    : m_Memory(new char[num_bytes])
+{
+}
+
+LocalMemory::~LocalMemory()
+{
+    delete[] m_Memory;
+}
+
+void *LocalMemory::GetAddress(std::size_t offset)
+{
+    return m_Memory + offset;
+}
diff --git a/catkit_core/LocalMemory.h b/catkit_core/LocalMemory.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d237b9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catkit_core/LocalMemory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef LOCAL_MEMORY_H
+#define LOCAL_MEMORY_H
+
+#include "Memory.h"
+
+class LocalMemory : public Memory
+{
+public:
+    LocalMemory(std::size_t num_bytes);
+    virtual ~LocalMemory();
+
+    virtual void *GetAddress(std::size_t offset = 0);
+
+private:
+    char *m_Memory;
+};
+
+#endif // LOCAL_MEMORY_H