BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Sept. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul will
host a grand-opening event Sept. 19
to showcase its contemporary two-story indoor self-storage facility
at 1710 R T Dunn Drive, site of the former Tom's Foods.
Bloomington residents and media
attending the festivities from noon-3
p.m. can take a behind-the-scenes tour of the facility.
There will be a complimentary lunch, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and
other activities.
"There just isn't another truck- and trailer-sharing company
that offers the storage facilities we do," said Aaron Freeman, U-Haul Company of Illinois president. "We are excited to
introduce our top-of-the-line services, including our U-Haul Truck
Share 24/7 self-service options. The people of Bloomington have longed for this type of easy
online experience. I'm excited to give our customers what they
want."
U-Haul Moving & Storage of South Veterans opened in a
limited capacity in February 2016,
offering truck and trailer sharing and moving supplies out of a
temporary showroom.
Then the real work began. More than one year of cleanup and
construction yielded a renovated 55,530-square-foot structure with
802 self-storage units. The facility offers U-Haul Remote 24/7®
access, high-tech security features, elevators, an indoor
load/unload area, and much more. Covered RV, boat and vehicle
storage spaces are also available.
"We outgrew our location at 1206 N. Main St.," said Freeman,
noting U-Haul Moving & Storage at Main St. (opened 1990)
continues to offer a full-line of bike rack accessories, new retail
items and interior self-storage. "We have limited space there, so
we're excited to expand at the former Tom's Foods location."
Contact U-Haul Moving & Storage of South Veterans at (309)
807-5514 or stop by to visit general manager Mike Shelmadine and his team. Hours of operation
are 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday and
Saturday; 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday; and
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Reserve
equipment at uhaul.com or contact Reservations at
1-800-GO-UHAUL.
U-Haul Moving & Storage of South Veterans sits next to the
Illinois Army National Guard. In addition to competitively priced
self-storage and moving supplies, the store offers propane,
professional hitch installation, bike rack accessories and U-Box
portable moving and storage containers.
The recent acquisition of the Tom's Foods facility was driven by
U-Haul Company's Corporate Sustainability initiatives: U-Haul®
supports infill developments to help local communities lower their
carbon footprint. Our adaptive reuse of existing buildings reduces
the amount of energy and resources required for new-construction
materials and helps cities reduce their unwanted inventory of
unused buildings.
By applying its adaptive reuse program to an existing building,
U-Haul is preventing 224 tons of metal manufacturing and
transportation from being used; avoiding 9,616 tons of new concrete
pours; keeping 9,902 tons of construction and demolition debris out
of landfills; and stopping 4,785,969 pounds of greenhouse gas
emissions from entering the atmosphere.
The arrival of U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 is modernizing the moving
industry by offering self-service and live verify technology to
enhance customer and community safety. This technology allows for
the self-pick-up and self-return of U-Haul trucks to be done
entirely by smartphone at any hour – day or night. Membership is
free once customers create an account on uhaul.com.
About U-Haul
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1
choice of do-it-yourself movers, with a network of more than 21,000
locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul
Truck Share 24/7 now offers customers access to U-Haul trucks every
hour of every day through the self-service options on their
internet-connected mobile devices. U-Haul customers' patronage has
enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to more than 150,000 trucks,
112,000 trailers and 40,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers more than
581,000 rooms and more than 51 million square feet of self-storage
space at owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the largest installer
of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry
and is the largest retailer of propane in the U.S.
Contact:
Andrea Batchelor
Jeff Lockridge
E-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com
Phone: 602-263-6981
Website: uhaul.com
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