KAHULUI, Hawaii, Nov. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul®
is revealing details of its adaptive reuse plan for a vacant former
Kmart® store that is being transformed into the Company's first
full-service moving and self-storage facility in Maui.
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Kahului at 424 Dairy Road is
currently offering truck and trailer sharing and moving supplies
out of a temporary showroom.
Extensive renovations will soon render more than 1,000 indoor
climate-controlled self-storage units with high-tech security
features and U-Haul Remote 24/7® access. Professional hitch
installation, propane and boat storage will also be available at
the 107,520-square-foot building situated on 7.3 acres.
U-Haul acquired the property on Oct.
17.
"I'm excited that we finally have a U-Haul-owned location on
Maui," said Kaleo Alau, U-Haul Company of Hawaii president. "The Kahului community is bursting at the seams.
Residents are having a hard time finding available self-storage for
their belongings. This state-of-the-art store will satisfy that
demand."
Contact U-Haul Moving & Storage Kahului at (808) 249-8041 or
stop by to see the progress being made. Hours of operation are
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Reserve
equipment at uhaul.com or contact Reservations at
1-800-GO-UHAUL.
The recent acquisition of the Kahului 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 repurposing the former Kmart, U-Haul prevented the use of 360
tons of metal manufacturing and transportation (the same amount of
steel used to make 363 passenger cars); avoided 5,730 tons of new
concrete pours (enough to create 116 miles of concrete blocks);
kept 6,237 tons of construction and demolition debris out of
landfills (avoiding 240 dump trucks traveling 5,038 miles in
total); and stopped 3,759,443 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions
from entering the atmosphere (the same carbon emissions of 288
large SUVs or pickup trucks for one year).
"This is a very large property and people were worried it would
become an eyesore," Alau said. "It has served as the meeting place
for many community-related benefits, including the farmer's market
and car washes. We hope to continue that tradition. We want our
store to be the glue that holds this community together."
U-Haul will look to hire locally as services expand at this
facility to support job growth within the Kahului community. When the store is fully
operational, Alau plans to employ more than 10 Team Members. Learn
more about U-Haul career opportunities at jobs.uhaul.com.
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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