{"id":6828,"date":"2024-07-29T18:08:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T18:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=6828"},"modified":"2024-08-12T15:57:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:57:45","slug":"newly-developed-property-planned-for-the-first-u-box-warehouse-in-concord-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/newly-developed-property-planned-for-the-first-u-box-warehouse-in-concord-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly Developed Property Planned for the First U-Box Warehouse in Concord, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ltlxt9GMswE\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Which U-Box\u00ae Container Delivery Method is best for me? - Moving Insider\" width=\"554\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">U-Box Moving &amp; Storage of Concord will sit on 15.42 acres of land along the California Delta Highway less than a mile away from the Willow Pass Business Park. The property was purchased on July 1 and will be operational by fall 2024.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The expansive warehouse offers over 98,000 square feet of space for storing up to 5,000 portable storage containers. In addition to U-Box, plans call for truck and trailer sharing in the future.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">After much anticipation, we are thrilled to announce the opening of our expansive new facility in Concord,\u201d said Jerry Owen, U-Haul Company of East Bay president. \u201cThis marks a significant upgrade in our ability to serve our customers in the area, providing accessible storage and U-Box services locally. We look forward to meeting the needs of this important market more effectively than ever before.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Owen plans to hire up to 10 Team Members to staff the new warehouse. U-Haul will look to hire locally to promote job growth in the Concord community. U-Haul, honored as a Best for Vets employer by The Military Times, actively recruits veterans and gives them preference in the hiring process. Find U-Haul careers at <\/span><\/span><u><b><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">uhauljobs.com<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/u><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Customers can find a full range of U-Haul products and services at 8000 San Leandro St. in Oakland, 18 miles away.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">U-Box containers provide 257 cubic feet of storage and one-ton capacity. This considerable space can store furniture, boxes and other belongings from up to one-and-a-half rooms (on average) to be shipped and stored safely inside each container. Customers can order as many containers as they need and only pay for what they use. U-Box containers can be stored on-site at U-Box warehouses across the country and delivered to customers&#8217; doorstep when they are needed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">U-Haul continues to benefit the environment through its shared-use business model. Truck and trailer sharing enables communities to share moving equipment so that families and individuals don\u2019t need to own large-capacity vehicles to transfer belongings. Sustainability initiatives like U-Haul Adaptive Reuse (the preserving and repurposing of existing buildings for new stores), truck modifications to improve fuel economy, and plastic Ready-To-Go Boxes\u00ae that are shared hundreds of times before being recycled are among the many ways U-Haul promotes green business. U-Box Load Share, the Company\u2019s latest sustainability program, was just named the 2023 Best in Biz gold winner for the Most Environmentally Friendly Service of the Year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">About U-HAUL<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">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 U-Haul app makes it easy for customers to use U-Haul Truck Share 24\/7 to access trucks anytime through the self-dispatch and -return options on their smartphones with our patented Live Verify technology. Our customers&#8217; patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to 188,700 trucks, 139,400 trailers and 43,700 towing devices. U-Haul is the third largest self-storage operator in North America with 1,004,000 rentable units and 86.8 million square feet of self-storage space at Company-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 after market industry. Get the U-Haul app from the App Store or Google Play.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Contacts<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/u><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Yasmine Esparza<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Jeff Lockridge<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">E-mail: <\/span><\/span><u><b><a href=\"mailto:publicrelations@uhaul.com\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">publicrelations@uhaul.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/u><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Phone: 602-263-6194<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Website: <\/span><\/span><u><b><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">uhaul.com<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20240724238915\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sour<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">ce<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U-Box Moving &amp; Storage of Concord will sit on 15.42 acres of land along the California Delta Highway less than a mile away from the Willow Pass Business Park. The property was purchased on July 1 and will be operational by fall 2024. The expansive warehouse offers over 98,000 square feet of space for storing up to 5,000 portable storage containers. In addition to U-Box, plans call for truck and trailer sharing in the future. \u201cAfter much anticipation, we are thrilled to announce the opening of our expansive new facility&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":6829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6830,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6828\/revisions\/6830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}