The President’s Image Award is a business facility or store award celebrating a commitment to improving the rental industry image through a remodeling, rebuilding or renovation project. These awards were presented at the Regional Receptions on Monday, Feb. 11, at The Rental Show in Las Vegas.
Rental World, is a family owned and operated chain of general equipment rental stores in South Texas. “Rental World started in 1980 as a United Rentals franchise and expanded to six locations across South Texas before selling during the consolidations of the mid-1990s. In 2000, Rental World started anew as a second-generation rental company. After 12 years, Rental World has grown to six retail locations across South Texas with a corporate office and central warehouse located in Harlingen,” says Bryan Wolf, president.
Although Rental World is a general equipment rental company, Rental World specializes in fairs, festivals, and other special events and services in South and Central Texas including the Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, and Corpus Christi, as well as the San Antonio, Austin, and Houston areas. Rental World is the reigning Texas Festivals and Events Association Vendor of the Year, Wolf says.
After many years serving various clients in the Corpus Christi region from its locations in the Rio Grande Valley, Rental World opened its most recent retail outlet at 3729 Saratoga Blvd. in Corpus Christi. “Rental World owners searched the region for quite some time for just the right location. The poor economy presented an opportunity with the availability of this beautiful property that previously housed a True Value store,” Wolf says.
The property includes almost two acres of land with a 20,000-sq.-ft. open floor plan building. “The open floor plan presented a blank slate to build out the showroom and warehouse. With a lease start date of early 2012, it was imperative to build-out and start operations as quickly as possible in order to service spring events. Using PartyCAD, we developed and evaluated various layouts until deciding to add a simple dividing wall to break-up the building. An existing I-beam provided a natural division point, resulting in a very spacious 5,000-sq.-ft. showroom, along with a 15,000-sq.-ft. warehouse and maintenance area,” Wolf says.
“With our own in-house graphics department and sign shop, Rental World designed, made and installed signage. Signage includes collages on each side of the main sign with graphics and copy representing Rental World’s various products and services,” Wolf says. “A floor-to-ceiling partition wall was added along with double swinging doors on each side of counter. We recycled and added on to one of our original counters built in the 1990s and finished off with graphics from local events.”