Author: Shinil Krishnan

Scheduled for a 2026 grand opening, U-Haul of Ridgefield will offer 850 indoor climate-controlled storage rooms The official “Birthplace of U-Haul” will finally be welcoming its own U-Haul store, eight decades after the Company’s first trailers were made in a milk barn on the Carty Family Ranch in Ridgefield. U-Haul will build a modern retail, moving and self-storage center, as well as a warehouse for U-Box portable storage containers, on a 5.75-acre lot at 17601 NE Union Road. The property was purchased on May 24. U-Haul Moving & Storage of…

U-Haul has acquired the former Saunoris’ Garden Center property at 19600 S. Harlem Ave. in Frankfort to better meet the moving and self-storage needs of Will County. The 6.88-acre property, now U-Haul Moving & Storage of Frankfort Square, was purchased on June 3 and will be the first U-Haul-owned and -operated center in the Village of Frankfort, located 28 miles south of Chicago and conveniently tucked just minutes away from Interstates 80 and 57. Many services will be available starting in August. The location will offer a retail showroom with…

Brand new development of Silo Self Storage is bringing independently-owned and professionally managed self-storage to the city of Holly Springs. The facility, located at 6225 Holly Springs Parkway Holly Springs, GA 30115, is comprised of 636 units totaling 75,075 rentable square feet and is happy to serve the communities of Holly Springs, Hickory Flat, Lebanon, and Sixes. The ownership group has contracted with Absolute Storage Management (Absolute) to provide professional self-storage management services and the facility is officially under Absolute’s management as of 5/10/2024. If you would like to speak…

For more than 40 years, U-Haul has been serving do-it-yourself movers in Hammond at 822 165th St. Today, U-Haul is announcing plans for a new facility to accompany its longtime center to meet the growing needs of the community. U-Box Moving & Storage of Hammond at 6303 Calumet Ave. is scheduled for completion by summer 2026. It will be just one-third of a mile from the existing store. The 2.7-acre property was acquired on May 26. Once the new facility is ready, it will serve as the parent store to…

There’s a new star in town – Southern Star Self Storage, located at 3608 US Hwy. 281 between George West and Three Rivers. Gerald Haddock with Haddock Investments is the new owner, and in just the past two weeks, he has given the facility a new look. To celebrate the opening, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on June 5 with support from the George West Chamber of Commerce. The self-storage units have undergone a renovation with new paint, a thorough cleaning, and repairs. The grounds have been cleaned up and…