Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Container storage business leaves no mark
- U-Store-It Trust may be moving headquarters to Pennsylvania
- Obama administrations actions will help determine stock winners
- Attorney General Reaches Settlement with Jacksonville Moving Company
- Berryville readies for move to new offices

Container storage business leaves no mark
Vancouver Courier  Canada 
She said company owner Ralph McLean started his business with several shipping containers on a piece of property. McLean consulted with Reilly on the viability of creating a storage company on the property and he asked her to give it a go. Reilly said everything fell into place because initially as the demand grew the company simply added more containers. “We slowly added containers and we didn’t have to build anything” said Reilly. “Because there’s no construction there’s zero impact on the environmental footprint of the property. If the land is ever reclaimed all you’d have to do is move the containers.

U-Store-It Trust may be moving headquarters to Pennsylvania
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com OH 
The self-storage company’s executive offices in Suite 2800 of the Terminal Tower downtown are listed as available for lease on the Web site for brokerage firm CB Richard Ellis. A few years ago the self-storage business employed hundreds of people at a corporate headquarters in Middleburg Heights. U-Store-It moved to the Terminal Tower in mid-2007. Now fewer than 25 employees work in roughly 8600 square feet on the tower’s 28th floor. Most office employees work in Baltimore and in Wayne a city in Northeast Pennsylvania near the New York border.

Obama administrations actions will help determine stock winners
Chicago Tribune United States 
“Moving away from dirty coal and toward green was considered to be important in an Obama administration but where is the money going to come from?” asked Steven Goldman chief market strategist with Weeden & Co. “Some government policy may not be on the front burner due to what’s happening in the U. But even if postponed basic goals will remain.
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Attorney General Reaches Settlement with Jacksonville Moving Company
North Florida NewsDaily FL 
The settlement with Father & Son Moving and Storage of Jacksonville Inc. resolves allegations the company used misleading advertising failed to deliver furniture and other possessions at the prices promised and failed to disclose certain items on its contracts. Under the settlement the company must reform its business practices including its marketing tactics and the composition of its contracts. The investigation revealed through dozens of consumers’ complaints with the Attorney General’s office and the Better Business Bureau that the final prices charged at the end of customers’ moves were greater than the original estimates. Consumers were also told they had waived their rights to file claims for losses or damages after signing the "Delivery Acknowledgment" on the Bill of Lading a standard industry form used by all movers.

Berryville readies for move to new offices
The Winchester Star VA 
The town is moving in with a temporary certificate of occupancy permit granted Dec. 3 and the town offices will be closed Monday and Tuesday so town staff can unpack in their new location. The offices remained open Thursday while the Berryville-based moving company Lloyd’s Transfer & Storage started moving out the boxes piled in the Town Council Chambers at 15 E. County officials have not set a date for their move into the county wing of the government center and are waiting for the final certificate of occupancy said Lora Walburn deputy clerk for the Clarke County Board of Supervisors. “We don’t have substantial completion yet” she said. “That building I understand was done in segments.