The U-Haul Company of Southern Washington Expands Self-Storage Operations With the Grand Opening of the North Auburn U-Haul Center

AUBURN, Wash., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The U-Haul Company of Southern Washington today announced that it has expanded the U-Haul network of self-storage locations with the grand opening of the North Auburn U-Haul Center. The state-of-the art facility, located at 5110 Frontage Road NW, boasts 612 storage units with more than 36,950 square feet of storage.

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Join the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce and U-Haul Company of Southern Washington for the grand opening ceremony to be held on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at the North Auburn U-Haul Center. Meet Mayor Lewis and local dignitaries, and hear remarks from representatives of the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce and the president of U-Haul Company of Southern Washington. An official ribbon-cutting is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m., and a barbecue lunch and tours of the North Auburn U-Haul Center will begin after the ceremony.

"We are pleased to be expanding our presence in Auburn, and look forward to continuing our long-standing relationships with local communities throughout Southern Washington," stated Kim Merow, president, U-Haul Company of Southern Washington. "Moreover, with the expansion of U-Haul self-storage operations, we are better equipped to meet our customers' current and future needs. Families needing the finest in moving services now will have increased convenience and a shorter distance to travel when moving and storing their goods, which not only will make their move easier but also will have the positive effect of reducing the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere," Merow said.

This building which U-Haul purchased in 2008, was retrofitted and redesigned with U-Haul Company's sustainable focus in mind.  The lighting was changed out to sustainable lighting and a self-storage reuse center was built to provide our customers with a location to donate unwanted, gently used household goods, furniture, sporting equipment and clothing for other customers to take for free, items that normally would be headed to a landfill.  

This location will be selling a wide variety of environmentally friendly packing supplies: boxes made out of recyclable materials, 100 percent biodegradable packing peanuts and moving pads made from recycled denim. Also on site will be a Take a Box/Leave a Box display, which allows customers or anyone in the community to leave moving boxes or unwanted electronics boxes for another customer to reuse for free, instead of throwing them away or recycling them. This facility also has available a propane tank that will provide alternative fuel for vehicles and propane for barbecue grills.

New U-Haul self-storage facilities feature 24-hour security with electronically controlled access, state-of-the-art digital-video surveillance, individually alarmed rooms, your lock/your key, both climate and heated storage rooms, FREE use of storage carts, no deposit or administration fees, FREE online account management, a convenient credit-card payment plan and available low-cost Safestor coverage to protect possessions.

North Auburn U-Haul Center also features the new U-Box: U-Haul at your door service. Whether you need to store your belongings or move them, U-Box can help. A 5' x 8' U-Box storage container can be delivered to your home or business location. After you load the U-Box it can be delivered either to a new address or stored here in the secure facility at North Auburn U-Haul Center. U-Box offers a simple and secure solution for all of your storage and moving needs.

Customers who rent a U-Haul moving van or trailer for a one-way move can receive one month of free storage before or after their move.

Customers can rent storage from more than 1,091 U-Haul owned storage facilities across the United States and Canada by calling their neighborhood U-Haul center, visiting www.uhaul.com or contacting the U-Haul national reservation system, at 1-800-GO-UHAUL.

Since 1989, AMERCO Real Estate Company, an affiliate of U-Haul International, Inc., has been responsible for providing real estate services to AMERCO subsidiaries that include more than 1,350 U-Haul moving and storage centers throughout the United States and Canada.

About U-Haul

Since 1945, U-Haul has been the best choice for the do-it-yourself mover, with a network of more than 15,800 locations in all 50 United States and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 101,000 trucks, 76,000 trailers and 34,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers more than 395,000 rooms and approximately 35 million square feet of storage space at nearly 1,091 owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the consumer's number one choice as the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. As one of the nation's largest retailers of propane, U-Haul supplies alternative-fuel for vehicles and backyard barbecues.

U-Haul was founded by a Navy veteran who grew up during the Great Depression. Tires and gas were still rationed or in short supply during the late 1940s when U-Haul began serving U.S. customers. Today, that background is central to the U-Haul Sustainability Program: "Serving the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Our commitment to reduce, reuse and recycle includes fuel efficient moving vans, neighborhood proximity, moving-box reuse, moving pads made from discarded material, and packing peanuts that are 100 percent biodegradable.  Learn more about these facts and others at www.uhaul.com/sustainability.

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