DeHaven's Transfer & Storage has handled commercial moves across North Carolina since 1951. Family-owned, based in Durham, and a North American Van Lines agent since 1960, we've spent more than seven decades managing office relocations, university and institutional moves, FF&E projects, equipment moves, and commercial storage for businesses throughout the Triangle, the Triad, the Charlotte Metro, and the rest of the state. Whether you're relocating a single office, coordinating a multi-site corporate move, or managing a complex FF&E rollout, our commercial team brings the experience, equipment, and accountability your project deserves.
Trusted with North Carolina's Most Important Moves
Over more than seventy years in business, DeHaven's has been entrusted with moves for some of the state's most significant clients and institutions. We've handled extensive work for Duke University, UNC, and NC State across decades of academic, research, and institutional relocations. In 2005, we coordinated the full pack-out, secure storage, and return of the contents of the North Carolina Executive Mansion during a major remediation project. These credentials reflect what we bring to every commercial project: careful planning, operational scale, accountability, and the experience to handle complex, sensitive work on time and on budget.
Our Commercial Moving Services
DeHaven's offers a complete range of commercial relocation and logistics services for businesses across North Carolina:
- Office and corporate relocations
- University and institutional moves
- Healthcare and medical office moves
- Law firm and professional services moves
- Library and records relocations
- FF&E (furniture, fixtures, and equipment) installations
- Restaurant and retail rollouts
- Hotel and hospitality projects
- Specialized equipment and laboratory moving
- Computer, server, and IT relocations
- Modular furniture installation
- Industrial and warehouse relocations
- Commercial warehousing and storage
- Project receiving, staging, and final-mile delivery
Office Relocations
Office moves are the most common commercial project we handle, and they range from single-office relocations to multi-floor corporate moves involving hundreds of employees. Our team manages every aspect of the project, from initial planning to final setup. We coordinate around your schedule, including evenings, weekends, and phased moves where part of your team keeps working while another part is being relocated. Our commercial movers install modular furniture systems, manage IT and computer equipment moves, handle records and file storage, manage waste removal, and complete your new facility setup so you can return to business as quickly as possible. Learn more about our Office Moving services.
University and Institutional Moves
University and institutional work has its own demands, including coordinating around academic calendars, working in occupied buildings, handling sensitive lab and library materials, and managing logistics across multiple campus locations. DeHaven's has handled institutional moves for Duke University, UNC, and NC State, alongside other educational and research clients across North Carolina. Our team has the experience, equipment, and references to handle institutional projects ranging from individual office relocations to large-scale department or facility moves. We work with university facilities teams, project managers, and outside coordinators to plan and execute institutional moves on time and on budget.
Healthcare and Medical Office Moves
Healthcare relocations require attention to compliance, patient privacy, equipment sensitivity, and operational continuity. Our team handles moves for medical practices, dental offices, specialty clinics, urgent care centers, and outpatient facilities throughout North Carolina. We coordinate around patient schedules, secure medical records during transport, handle the careful relocation of medical equipment and exam furnishings, and work to minimize disruption to patient care. For larger healthcare projects involving lab equipment or specialty medical devices, our equipment moving team brings the rigging, crating, and transport expertise these items require. Learn more about our Medical Equipment and Laboratory Moving services.
Hotel and Hospitality Moves
Hotels, resorts, and hospitality venues require careful coordination during renovations, brand transitions, and FF&E refreshes. Our team handles hotel furniture installations, room-by-room refurbishments, conference and event venue setups, and full property turnovers, working around guest occupancy and operational schedules to minimize disruption. Learn more about our Hotel Moving and Setup services.
FF&E and Commercial Project Work
Our project services team handles FF&E (furniture, fixtures, and equipment) installations, restaurant rollouts, retail buildouts, hospitality projects, and other commercial logistics work for clients across North Carolina and the Southeast. We can receive shipments at our Durham warehouse, stage materials, deliver to your site, install on schedule, and handle waste and packaging removal. Our crews are experienced with national brand standards, multi-location rollouts, and the documentation requirements that come with commercial project work. If you have a project that needs receiving, warehousing, transport, and installation handled by one team, we can put together a custom scope and quote. Learn more about our Modular Furniture Installation services.
Specialized Equipment and Laboratory Moving
Specialized equipment moves require tools, training, and care that go beyond standard commercial moving. Our equipment team handles laboratory instruments, medical devices, computer servers and IT equipment, industrial machinery, fine art and museum-quality items, and other heavy or sensitive equipment for clients throughout North Carolina. We provide custom crating, rigging, and transport solutions, and we have the experience to put equipment safely back into operation at the destination. Whether you're relocating a single piece of equipment or a full laboratory or facility, our team can scope, plan, and execute the move. Learn more about our Medical Equipment and Laboratory Moving services.
Library and Records Relocations
Library and records moves present unique challenges around sequence, organization, and preservation. We handle academic and corporate library moves, archive relocations, and large-scale records moves for clients across North Carolina. Our team coordinates with librarians and records managers to maintain organization through the move, uses appropriate packing and crating to protect materials, and tracks contents from origin to destination so nothing is lost or misplaced. Learn more about our Library Moving services.
Commercial Storage and Warehousing
Our commercial warehouse in Durham offers short-term and long-term storage for office furniture, records, equipment, project inventory, and FF&E materials. Our facility is monitored, alarmed, and equipped with fire suppression and surveillance systems. Whether you need to store excess office furniture during a renovation, hold project materials between phases, maintain ongoing receiving and inventory for a commercial account, or set up vault storage for sensitive items, our warehouse and logistics team can build a storage solution to match. Storage can be arranged on a short-term or long-term basis at competitive rates.
Corporate Relocation Services
Beyond physical office moves, corporate relocations often involve coordinating employee household moves, managing multi-site transitions, and partnering with HR teams on relocation programs. Our corporate relocation services support businesses moving employees into and out of the Triangle and across the country. Learn more about our Corporate Relocation services.
How We Handle Commercial Moves
Every commercial project starts with a conversation. After your initial inquiry, we schedule a walkthrough of your facility to scope the project, identify special requirements, and understand your timeline. From there, we put together a detailed proposal that includes scope, schedule, pricing, and any specialty services your project requires. Once you approve, you're assigned a dedicated move coordinator who manages the project from planning through final delivery. On move day, our trained crews arrive in uniform, with the equipment and trucks needed to execute the plan, and your coordinator stays in contact throughout. After the move, we follow up to confirm everything is in order and address any questions or final details. The goal is simple: a move that's planned thoroughly, executed cleanly, and finished on schedule.
Service Area
DeHaven's handles commercial moves throughout North Carolina, including the Triangle (Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Cary, Apex, and the surrounding communities), the Piedmont Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Burlington, and the surrounding area), the Charlotte Metro, the Wilmington area, and points across eastern and western North Carolina. Through our North American Van Lines partnership, we also handle interstate commercial moves to and from any location in the United States, as well as international commercial relocations through NAVL's worldwide network.
Frequently Asked Questions
How far in advance should we book a commercial move?
For most office moves, we recommend booking 4 to 8 weeks in advance to allow time for proper scoping, planning, and scheduling. Larger projects (multi-floor corporate moves, university relocations, FF&E rollouts) often require 2 to 6 months of lead time. We can sometimes accommodate shorter timelines for urgent moves, but advance booking gives you the strongest options for crew availability and pricing.
Do you work after hours and on weekends?
Yes. Many commercial moves are scheduled for evenings or weekends to minimize business disruption. Our crews are available for after-hours and weekend projects, and your move coordinator will help you build a schedule that fits your operational needs.
Can you handle multi-site or multi-state commercial projects?
Yes. As a North American Van Lines agent, we coordinate multi-site projects across North Carolina and multi-state projects across the country. For larger national rollouts, our agency network gives us coverage in all 50 states and a single point of accountability for the project.
Do you provide certificates of insurance and other documentation?
Yes. We routinely provide certificates of insurance, valuation coverage documentation, project insurance, and any other paperwork your facility, landlord, or building management may require.
Do you offer storage during a renovation or transition?
Yes. Our Durham warehouse offers short-term and long-term commercial storage with monitoring, fire suppression, and surveillance. We can store office furniture during renovations, hold project materials between phases, or maintain ongoing receiving and inventory for commercial accounts.
Request a Commercial Moving Quote
Every commercial move is different, and we build custom quotes based on the scope, timeline, and requirements of your project. To request a commercial estimate, fill out our project quote form or call our commercial team directly. We'll set up a walkthrough, review your scope, and put together a detailed proposal so you know exactly what to expect. From your first call to your final delivery, you'll work with a team that's been doing this work since 1951.
