The Agri-Village Shopping Center was built in 1967, originally occupied by a Valu-Mart Discount Retail Store. In 1973, the area added more businesses, including a gas station, automotive store, drugstore, insurance group, supermarket, barber shop, and men's and women's clothing stores. The building became the Valu-Mart Shopping Center and throughout the years a number of stores and a restaurant were added. The shopping center was well-known to Great Falls residents, and when U-Haul acquired the building in 2018, it had been abandoned for some time due to it being deemed unsafe for occupancy in 2017.

The U-Haul Moving & Storage of Great Falls was previously the Agri-Village Shopping Center. 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: 

• 1,936 tons of metal manufacturing & transportation prevented 
• 6,094 tons of new concrete pours avoided 
• 8,041 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 Great Falls community: 

• 10,216,982 lbs greenhouse gas emissions prevented 

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  Steel Production 1,936 tons (1,757 tonnes) of steel manufacturing and delivery saved to date

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  Concrete 6,094 tons (5,530 tonnes) of new concrete pours avoided to date

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  Emissions 10,216,982 lbs (4,634,393 kgs) of greenhouse gas emissions prevented

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  Landfill Debris 8,041 lbs (3,647 kgs) of construction debris prevented

• U-Haul Moving & Storage of Great Falls