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A   99 percent of them.  We had very little 
leased, because we believed we could make 
money, and we did make money in real estate.
Q   I have here a picture of a building.  Could 
you describe this particular building here?
A   This is what’s called the peanut building.  
Used to be a Planter’s Peanut warehouse.  
And it was a big building, a very good build-
ing, in a tremendous location in San Francisco.
Q   Mr. Shoen, as you were bringing these 
various properties on line in the mid-70’s, 
could you tell the jury please what you were 
doing in terms of the diversifi cation of the 
product lines?
A   Well, of course, we are now focusing - - 
we are now understanding what we are doing. 
And, of course, we are executing programs 
that we have been wanting to execute for a 
long time.  U-Store business came in really 
fi rst, because that was such a normal thing to 
do, in relationship to the U-Move business that 
we were already in.  
Shoen v. Shoen, Testimony 1994
Open for business before fi nal imaging.  
“Peanut Building”, San Francisco: Activity Center, Moving Center, U-Move, U-Store, Hitch World, and RecVee World.
L.S. touring Moving Centers with Tom Safford, 
a life long friend.

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