Adaptive Reuse at U-Haul Moving & Storage of North Tampa

Archaeology has revealed bowling became popular in the early days of the Egyptian empire when people rolled roundish rocks at primitive bowling pins. The modern version of the game began around 1840 with wooden balls. The popularity of bowling exploded around 1914 when Brunswick created rubber bowling balls. AMF Bowling was originally a division of the American Machine and Foundry. The American Machine and Foundry began machining automated bowling apparatuses, pinsetters, ball returns, score returns and more shortly after World War II ended. The division was officially named AMF Bowling in 1986 when CommonWealth Ventures acquired all 110 AMF bowling centers. AMF Bowling strived to be the household bowling name and in 1995 they owned the most bowling centers in the U.S. with 205 centers total. In 1956, the Florida Lanes AMF bowling alley was built for the enjoyment of the Tampa community.  After nearly 60 years, the bowling alley closed. 

The building was purchased by U-Haul in 2018 to meet the moving and storage needs of North Tampa.  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 2018, 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:

• 457 tons of metal manufacturing & transportation prevented
• 1,702 tons of new concrete pours avoided
• 2,184 tons of construction and demolition debris prevented

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

• 2,518,409 lbs of greenhouse gas emissions prevented

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  Steel Production 457 tons (415 tonnes) of steel manufacturing and delivery saved to date

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  Energy 0 kWh annual energy savings

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  Concrete 1,702 tons (1,544 tonnes) of new concrete pours avoided to date

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  Emissions 2,518,409 lbs (1,142,343 kgs) of greenhouse gas emissions prevented

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  Landfill Debris 2,184 lbs (1,982 kgs) of construction debris prevented

• U-Haul Moving & Storage of North Tampa