U-Haul Closed Repair Shop in Park Forest

PARK FOREST, Ill. (Dec. 17, 2019) — Park Forest Repair, a U-Haul-owned maintenance shop at 18 North St. in Park Forest, recently closed its doors for good.

The location had serviced U-Haul equipment since 1991, according to U-Haul Company of N. Indiana & S. Cook County president Craig Wilson.

Regional U-Haul equipment will continue to be serviced at the new Glenwood Repair facility at 103 W. Holbrook Road in Glenwood, which opened in March at the site of a former Walmart® store. The property also includes a full-service U-Haul store and is home to the Company’s new regional marketing company offices.

Local U-Haul Companies are always exploring opportunities for growth as they pursue means to better meet the needs of customers, but sometimes find it necessary to close or relocate facilities, or cease certain business operations at locations. Reasons for closures can include: long-term strategic plans; physical plant limitations; shifts in demographics; trends in migration; expansion of the U-Haul neighborhood dealer network; and proximity to new or existing U-Haul stores or shops.

Fifteen Team Members were let go due to Park Forest Repair shop’s closing. The last day of business there was July 23.

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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.

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E-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com

Phone: 602-263-6981

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