Adaptive Reuse: Flint Gets New U-Haul Store at Old Kmart Site
FLINT, Mich. (Sept. 4, 2019) — U-Haul® is now operating a retail and self-storage facility at 3083 Miller Road, where it revitalized a vacated building that previously housed a Kmart® store.
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Flint opened on Sept. 1 and offers an expansive retail showroom featuring a full line of moving supplies, boxes, hitch accessories, bike racks and more. The store will also offer U-Haul truck and trailer sharing, self-storage and propane.
U-Haul acquired the 99,269-square-foot building last October. It renovated the space to offer approximately 800 indoor self-storage units with climate-controlled options and high-tech security features at affordable price points. Additional services will soon be available on the 11.8-acre lot.
Originally constructed in 1963, the building had sat empty since 2016. It is located on the west side of Flint in the Miller Road Business District.
Contact U-Haul Moving & Storage of Flint at (810) 250-7181 or stop by to see our renovations. Hours of operation are 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Saturday; 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Reserve equipment at uhaul.com or contact Reservations at 1-800-GO-UHAUL.
“The old Kmart building is perfect for our full-service facility,” explained Jeff Steffani, U-Haul Company of Central Michigan president. “The Township and its officials have been very supportive of our vision, and in helping our transition to this new property. We’re excited to bring this building back to life and serve the Flint community.”
Acquisition of the property was driven by U-Haul Corporate Sustainability initiatives: U-Haul supports infill developments to help local communities lower their carbon footprint. The adaptive reuse of existing buildings reduces the amount of energy and resources required for new-building materials and helps cities reduce their unwanted inventory of unused buildings.
Steffani expects to hire a staff of 20 or more Team Members when the facility is fully operational. U-Haul will look to hire locally to promote job growth within Flint.
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About U-Haul
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers, with a network of 22,000 locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 offers secure access to U-Haul trucks every hour of every day through the customer dispatch option on their smartphones and our proprietary Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 167,000 trucks, 120,000 trailers and 43,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers nearly 697,000 rooms and 60.7 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