Brown & Bigelow is a promotional products distributor founded in 1896. They sell promotional products through a network of 250 employees located throughout the country and have 18 full service offices. The Brown and Bigelow building was built in 1956 and U-Haul acquired the building in 2013. Adaptive reuse building conversions allow U-Haul to promote infill development to meet citizens’ needs while preserving the natural resources and land normally required for new construction. Adaptive reuse also allows resources to be focused on integrating environmentally thoughtful features into the existing building rather than creating waste in the form of demolition and using valuable resources for new construction.

Serving U-Haul customers since 2013, this facility was built through adaptive reuse of an abandoned building. Adaptive Reuse promotes infill development in an effort to strengthen communities, with the following benefits achieved at this site:

• 519 tons of metal manufacturing & transportation prevented
• 12,115 tons of new concrete pours avoided
• 14,602 tons of construction and demolition debris prevented

Energy-efficiency and waste-reduction programs at this facility provide the following estimated benefits each year for the Saint Paul community:

• 6,986,249 lbs greenhouse gas emissions prevented

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  Steel Production 519 tons (471 tonnes) of steel manufacturing and delivery saved to date

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  Concrete 12,115 tons (10,994 tonnes) of new concrete pours avoided to date

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  Emissions 6,986,249 lbs (3,168,942 kgs) of greenhouse gas emissions prevented

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  Landfill Debris 14,602 lbs (6,623 kgs) of construction debris prevented

• U-Haul Moving and Storage of St. Paul