Champaign, IL – February 25, 2025
IMPACT Strategies, Inc. announces the completion and opening of the new five-story U-Haul® Storage Facility consisting of both Self Storage and U-Box Storage in Champaign, Illinois at 306 E. University Ave. Despite facing tight site restrictions along with inclement winter weather at the project’s onset, IMPACT successfully completed the building on schedule for U-Haul to occupy in early January.
With this completion, this five-story building totals over 84,000 square feet, providing 1,125 indoor storage units and U-Box warehouse with capacity to hold 700 containers. These U-Box containers provide consumers with an easy, efficient, and secure way to ship and store belongings. Along with self-storage, U-Haul customers will also have truck and trailer sharing services available to them – which is useful to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students with the campus near the facility.
The structure of this facility consists of a heavy structural steel frame with elevated slabs on the metal deck for the upper floors. The building exterior utilizes insulated metal panels (IMP) which are known for their superior thermal properties, design flexibility and fast installation time.
This marks the second completed project with U-Haul, with the first project located in Springfield, IL. IMPACT is nearing completion of its third U-Haul project – a two-building complex in Wentzville, MO. All three projects will total 290,306 square feet of new facilities for U-Haul, the industry leader in DIY moving since 1945.
IMPACT Strategies served as the construction manager in Champaign, IL with ISG, Inc. as the architect-of-record for the project. The completion of this project adds to the depth of IMPACT’s experience and expertise in constructing warehousing facilities.
“We are honored to complete our second project with U-Haul and excited to continue our valued relationship with another location currently in progress” said Nick Walker, Vice President, Project Development & Strategy at IMPACT Strategies. “We are grateful to have obtained and retain their continued role as a Trusted Advisor throughout the entire construction process.”
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