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A group including a disgruntled former employee, a current employee and customers picketed Scotty's in Okeechobee, Fl., demanding a meeting with Belgian parent company GIB to discuss grievances; Scotty's human resources office reportedly was investigating the complaints ...

Hechinger which opened a Home Project Center concept store in Dale City, Va-, has leased its 200,000 sq. ft corporate headquarters building in Landover, Md., to Hughes Information Tbchnology in a cost cutting action corporate operations will be moved into other facilities ...

Lowe's will open stores in Dalton, Ga-, and Gautier, Ivls., and build a 100,000 sq. ft., $10 million, fully computerized replacement store on l0 acres in Durham County, N.C., about four miles from the present 7,4O0 sq. ft. Chapel Hill store, the company's smallest ... a Greensboro, N.C., Inwe's will be converted to a contracton' store when a 115,000 sq. ft. super store opens in the fall ...

Builders Square, Miami, Fl., was closed four days after a 50 ft by 50 ft. section of roof collapsed during a torrential rainstorm ... the Matthews, N.C., board of commissioners denied Home Depot 8 foot letters on the sign at a new store, allowing them only the standard 4 foot size they grant to all busirpsses ...

HomeQuarters Warehouse is negotiating for property in both Little Rock and North Little Rock, Ar. ... Steve Ryal, former mgr. of Gateway Lumber & Supply Co., Wiggins, Ms., has purchased the company from owners Richard and Carolyn Brools ...

Cur-tis lttnber Co., Killen" Tk., has redesigned and redecoraFd ifs showroom Joe Medlock sold J & S Lnmber Co., Ozark, Ar., to Builders Warehouse As sociation ... Davis Cash & Carry Lumber Co., Morrilton, Ar., is renovating and adding an interiu design cent€r...

Hughes Lumber Co., Tirlsa, Ok., will open a disnibution cefier at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa to serve its 8 Oklahoma yards

OneSource Home & Building Center started construction on a new West Little Rock, Ar., location ... Whit Davis Lurnber Co., Jacksonville, Ar., purchased prop erty in cabot, Ar., for a new retail yard Hiegel Lumber Co., Conway, Ar., completed a new cantilever storage stsl ...

Anniversari s: Guthrie ltmber Sales, Inc., Austin, Th., l0th

Alamo Forcst Prducts is opening a distribution center at the formet International Paper warehouse, Harlingen, Tk. Sinclair Systems, Laurinburg, N.C., a div. of Alpine Engineered Products, changed its name to Pre-Cuts, Nonh Carclina Div. .-.

American Builders Supply, Louisville, Ky., including operations in Hopkinsville and Oak Grove, Ky., has been acquired by Iming Materials, Izc., Greenfield, ln Motuls by Chdsworth is a new div. of Chadsworth Colwnns, Atlanta Ga.

PrimeSource Inc., lrvine, Ca., opened a new distribution center with room forits door and window business in Atlanta" Ga. ... Orgill Brothers & Co., Memphis, Tn., acquired certain assets of Odell

Hailwarcb closed Clearwater, Fl., operation, moving them to their own Jacksonville, Fl., t€distribution facility; the co. has been approved to market the Sentry store program in Odell's former mutet

Hitachi Power Tools U.S.A., Ltd. h,as relocated corporate offices to Norcrosg Ga, where the electric tool and pneumatic tool divs. also will be neaOqurtereO ...

Nixon Industries, Nashville, Tn., has merged witb Kellogg Companies' subsidiary, Cotton Specialty Co.,to become Cleaning Specialty Co., following a buyout by tbe nasttanpmn, Ma, firm ...

Clopay Building Produc* Co. is the new name for Clopay Corp.'s Garage Door Div., including newly *4ufted ldeal Door ad Plnenix Door ...

Georgia- PaclEc is restnrcturing and expanding its millwork and spcialty business (se sory p. 38) ... Vermont Amcrican Tool Co., Lincotnton, N.C., is underwriting "Thc New Ya*ee Worblwp" PBS w s€ries

Noranda Forest Inc. is selling its 49.3% stake in MacMillan Bloedel to a group of Canadian underwriters for $769.1 million u.s.

Ge orgia- Prcific Corp. b building products segment had record 1992 operating profits of $691 million ... Temple-Inland Inc.'s building products group earned $39.5 million ln1992 ...

Depressed by ba<l weather, housing starts for Jan. (latest figs.) were down in every region exc€pt the South wherc they rose 3.4% ... nationally the drop was 7.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of l.l9 million ... single family starts were otr 5.6%; multis, 19.7%; apts. (5 units or morc), 21.7% ... building pemits fell4.8% fu siqgle family homes, butrose 18% fu multiftmily units David Lereah, Mortgage Bankers Assn. chief economist, predicted Feb. and March would show improved results.

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