SWAP expands hours, deepens discounts in advance of move

Discounts and expanded hours are in store for bargain-hunters at the university’s SWAP (Surplus With a Purpose) shop.

The surplus property operation, which offers an ever-changing inventory featuring everything from office furniture to laboratory glassware to computers, will be open from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24-Thursday, Sept. 27, for its final sales at its current location at 2102 Wright St. in Madison.

On Friday, Sept. 28 — its usual weekly public sales day — the operation will be closed as crews pack up remaining inventory and move it to SWAP’s new headquarters at 1061 Thousand Oaks Trail in Verona. The new building is located in the Verona Technology Park near Highways M and PB.

The new facility will reopen to the public on Friday, Oct. 5, with grand opening festivities planned for Oct. 12-13.