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Knoxville, TN (October 1, 2008) – Volunteers Portable Moving & Storage, LLC, the local franchise of PODS® (Portable on Demand Storage) in Knoxville, Tennessee, has announced an expansion into a new 41,000-square-foot building at 10155 Gallows Point Drive in Knoxville.

The Brelsford family developed the new building in the Westbridge Business Park, which is only one mile east of the intersection of Pellissippi Parkway and Hardin Valley Road. The Brelsford family owns the building and is leasing it to PODS. New capital investment for the project was approximately $2.2 million, including the value of the land.

"This is great news and is an example of how a well run company can grow here in the Knoxville region," said Mike Edwards, the Knoxville Chamber's President and CEO. "PODS has filled a need in the marketplace and has really worked hard to make the best of it. That's a good job well done."

The local PODS franchise serves 13-counties in the greater Knoxville area and the new Storage Center provides a central location for its customers to access their PODS® brand containers that are being stored in the new building. The new Storage Center is climate controlled with heating, air conditioning and humidity control, and also has sophisticated security and fire repression systems.

“We are pleased with the growth we have experienced in Knoxville since launching service here in 2005 and excited about our customers being able to store their possessions in such a safe and secure building” said Scott Rhodes, a managing partners of the PODS Knoxville franchise.

About PODS                                                                                

In 1998, PODS revolutionized the moving and storage industry by originating the concept of transporting mobile storage containers. The convenient, cost-effective service is unique in that the patented hydraulic lift system (only available with PODS) is designed to significantly reduce shifting of contents while the PODS® brand container is being loaded onto the truck for transport. The container is then securely transported locally, state-to-state or internationally.

Currently, the PODS network provides service to a population of over 237 million consumers and businesses in the U.S., Canada and Australia. To date, approximately one million reservations have been completed and there are over 137,000 PODS brand containers in service. PODS is available in 48 states and portions of Canada and Australia and has performed over 187,000 long-distance relocations.