NEWS BRIEFS

Retailers

Raymond Building Supply, North Fort Myers, Fl., has purchased Contractors Door & Trim, Naples, Fl.; Contractors Door & Trim founder J.M. Stanley will manage Raymond's Naples div. ...

84 Lumber Co. closed its Gainesville and Palm Bay, Fl., yards...

Fugate Lumber Co., Madisonville, Ky., is building a second full-service lumberyard in Eddyville, Ky., for a mid-summer opening

K-B Lumber & Supply, Shawnee, Ok., has discontinued its retail business, auctioning its hardware, paint and other building materials ...

Wickes Lumber closed its Huntsville, Al., yard

Lowe's Cos. has opened a 120,000-sq. ft. location in Stillwater, Ok., store mgr. Stan Watson; held a grand opening at its new Elizabethtown, Ky., store (the adjacent older building will be razed); is nearing completion of a 160,000-sq. ft. superstore in Orange City, Fl.; consolidated older, smaller stores in Maitland and Kissimmee, Fl., to a new contractor yard in Orlando, Fl., and closed smaller units in Lakeland, Fl.; Bossier City, La.; Murfreesboro, N.C., and Jackson, Ms.

Lowe's is building a 118,000-sq. ft. unit in Corbin, Ky., to replace the current 22,000-sq. ft. location; plans a July opening for a 100,000-sq. ft. store in Lake City, Fl., and a September opening of its 160,000-sq. ft. Temple, Tx., loca- tion, and has purchased 20 acres in Oklahoma City, Ok., for $3 million to build a 160,000-sq. ft. unit by year's end ...

Home Depot has opened new stores in Maryville, Tn.; Covington, La., and relocations in Jacksonville, Fl., and Atlanta, Ga. (replacing the Buckhead store) Depot began construction in Jackson, Ms., on a 104,000-sq. ft. store with 20,000-sq. ft. garden center; plans to build in Southlake, Tx., and is building new Southeast headquarters in Tampa, Fl.

Ande rs on Lumb e r. Wakefield, Ok., has become the local True Value dealer

Handy Andy, in Chapter l l bankruptcy since October, was ordered by a judge to close all of its 54 stores in six states, including Tennessee, and liquidate assets to satisfy creditors

Scotty's, Palatka, Fl., was evacuated by firefighters after an air conditioning motor malfunctioned, overheated and began smoking

Anniversary ... FoxworthGalbraith Lumber Co., Dallas, Tx., 95th ... Collum's Lumber Mill, Inc., Allendale, S.C., 60th ... Building Products Digest, l5th

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Wholesalers & Manufacturers

Curt Bean Lumber Co.. Glenwood, Ar., has opened a 600'x200' reload center on the Missouri Pacific Railroad at Lee Summit (Kansas City), Mo.

Morris Forest Products is the new niune for Capital City Forest Specialties, Alexander City, Al., after Rod Morris broke off from the MHJ Group .,.

Sunbeh Lutnber Co. Inc., Spartanburg, S.C., has opened a reman facility in Moncks Comers, S.C., specializing in grade-marked tmss web stock and related products

Coastal Lumber Co., Weldon, N.C., has acquired lumber distributor Atkins & Cripps Ltd. of England and changed the name of its wholly owned U.K. distribution company, Wood Industries, Ltd., to Atkins & Cripps, Ltd.; Stuart Gorman heads U.K. operations; David Haywood, sales & mktg. director: Duncan Marriott, financial director ...

Jasper Lumber Co. is the new name for Southeast Wood-Jasper Sawmill, Jasper, Al.; Mike Day, ex-Woodland Resources. is the new sales mgr., Al Bracewell moves from production to sales ...

Inter-City Products is consolidating its corporate management from Toronto to its plant in Lewisburg, Tn.

James Hardie Building Products is adding a third line at its Plant City, Fl., fiber-cement siding factory to triple production within 12 months, the plant's third increase in capacity since it opened a year ago their plant under construction in Cleburne, Tx., is well ahead of its anticipated early 1997 completion

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Housing start figures for Dec. and Jan. were delayed by the Commerce Dept. and will be reported next month.

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