The U-Haul Company of Southern Washington recently announced that it has expanded its network of self-storage locations with the grand opening of the North Auburn U-Haul Center. The state-of-the art facility, located at 5110 Frontage Road NW, boasts 612 storage units with more than 36,950 square feet of storage.

“We are pleased to be expanding our presence in Auburn, and look forward to continuing our long-standing relationships with local communities throughout Southern Washington,” stated Kim Merow, president, U-Haul Company of Southern Washington. “Moreover, with the expansion of U-Haul self-storage operations, we are better equipped to meet our customers’ current and future needs. Families needing the finest in moving services now will have increased convenience and a shorter distance to travel when moving and storing their goods, which not only will make their move easier but also will have the positive effect of reducing the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere,” Merow said.

The building, which U-Haul purchased in 2008, was retrofitted and redesigned with U-Haul Company’s sustainable focus in mind. The lighting was changed out to sustainable lighting and a self-storage reuse center was built to provide our customers with a location to donate unwanted, gently used household goods, furniture, sporting equipment and clothing for other customers to take for free, items that normally would be headed to a landfill.

The location will be selling a wide variety of environmentally friendly packing supplies: boxes made out of recyclable materials, 100 percent biodegradable packing peanuts and moving pads made from recycled denim. Also on site will be a Take a Box/Leave a Box display, which allows customers or anyone in the community to leave moving boxes or unwanted electronics boxes for another customer to reuse for free, instead of throwing them away or recycling them. This facility also has available a propane tank that will provide alternative fuel for vehicles and propane for barbecue grills.

New U-Haul self-storage facilities feature 24-hour security with electronically controlled access, state-of-the-art digital-video surveillance, individually alarmed rooms, your lock/your key, both climate and heated storage rooms, free use of storage carts, no deposit or administration fees, free online account management, a convenient credit-card payment plan and available low-cost Safestor coverage to protect possessions.