Wanamaker Rents Sells to United

Aug. 1, 1999
BURBANK, Calif.- Industry veteran Jack Wanamaker has sold his two Southern California equipment rental outlets to United Rentals.United acquired Wanamaker

BURBANK, Calif.- Industry veteran Jack Wanamaker has sold his two Southern California equipment rental outlets to United Rentals.

United acquired Wanamaker Rents, Burbank, Calif., and A C Equipment Rentals, Inglewood, Calif., from the 84-year-old Wanamaker, who helped found the California Rental Association (now the Rental Industry Association), and whose company was among the first rent-to-rent companies ever established.

Wanamaker Rents is No. 98 on the RER 100 with a reported $6 million in 1998 rental volume.