CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 26,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The U-Haul facility at 306 E.
University in Champaign ceased
operations on Sept. 24. It had served
the do-it-yourself moving public since 1990.
U-Haul plans to maintain ownership of the property and level the
existing building. A five-story state-of-the-art self-storage
facility with an accompanying U-Box® warehouse will be built in its
place. Construction is expected to begin later this year.
Fifteen Team Members will be let go due to the closing of the
current store.
"The existing U-Haul center on University is an older building
that limits what we can do with space and design," said
Kevin Barringer, U-Haul Company of
Illinois president. "The new
location will be a huge improvement, offering 1,500 self-storage
units and more access to residential mobility. Our goal is to
better serve the expanding student population and our neighbors in
Champaign."
U-Haul at University Ave. is less than a mile from the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
campus.
Prior to the new store being built, customers can find a full
line of moving and self-storage products and services just two
miles away at 2020 Glenn
Park, a leased space where U-Haul is now offering truck
and trailer rentals, boxes and moving supplies, towing equipment
and more. Reserve equipment on the U-Haul app or contact
Reservations at 1-800-GO-UHAUL.
Local U-Haul Companies are always exploring opportunities for
growth as they pursue means to better serve the needs of customers,
but sometimes find it necessary to close or relocate stores, shops
and offices. Reasons for closures can include: long-term strategic
plans; safety and security concerns; physical site conditions and
limitations; shifts in demographics; availability of local Team
Members; trends in migration; expansion of the U-Haul neighborhood
dealer network; proximity to other new or existing Company
locations; and external factors.
U-Haul dealers in and around Champaign continue to be available to serve
DIY movers. U-Haul has partnered with independent dealers to
provide communities with accessible mobility since 1945. During
these challenging times, more than 21,000 small businesses across
the U.S. and Canada are generating
supplemental income by partnering with U-Haul. When customers rent
from their local U-Haul dealers, they are directly supporting small
businesses in their community. Because there is no financial
investment from dealers, they are not U-Haul franchises. They are
simply small businesses with enough lot space to park U-Haul
equipment and enough time to welcome more customers while meeting
the mobility needs of their neighbors. Learn how to partner with
U-Haul at uhaul.com/dealer.
About U-HAUL
Founded in 1945, U-Haul is the No. 1 choice of
do-it-yourself movers with more than 23,000 rental locations across
all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. The enhanced U-Haul app
makes it easier for customers to use U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 to
access trucks anytime through the self-dispatch and self-return
options on their smartphones through our patented Live Verify
technology. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet
to grow to 192,200 trucks, 138,500 trailers and 44,500 towing
devices. U-Haul is the third largest self-storage operator in
North America with 959,000
rentable units and 82.3 million square feet of self-storage space
at owned and managed facilities. U-Haul is the top retailer of
propane in the U.S. and the largest installer of permanent trailer
hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. We were recently
named one of America's Best Large Employers (Forbes, 2023); a Best
for Vets Employer (Military Times, 2022); and one of the Healthiest
Workplaces in America (Healthiest Employers, 2022). Find careers
at uhauljobs.com. Get the U-Haul app from
the App
Store or Google Play.
Contact:
Andrea Batchelor
Jeff Lockridge
E-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com
Phone: 602-263-6194
Website: uhaul.com
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