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Co* Itmbcr, St. Pctcrsburg, H., opctrcd r ncw @nhactor yad in Palm Bay, Fl., and is adding a door and trusc plrnt to its Punta Gorda, Fl., opcatione and a millwork shop and tegional officcs in Otlando, F|.... McCoy's Building Supply Ccntcrs operred its 98th unit in West Monroc,La.,TerryMoslcy,hgt.

Builders Square has begun construction on the first of three new 135,000 sq. ft. stores planned for San Antonio, Tx., and a 125,390 sq. ft. unit in Sawgrass Mills factory outlet shopping centcr, Sundse, Fl. . . Builders Express, San Antonio, Tx., is liquidating under Chapter 7 bankruptcy (see story p. 48)

Hechinger will open at least 13 Home Quarters lAarehouses this year including three in Louisville, Ky., by late summer and two in Memphis, Tn., this spring a Home Quarters opened in Raleigh, N.C., to replace a Hechinger unit . seven IlQs will be renovated including Tidewater, Va., Charloffe, N.C., Columbia, S.C., and Augusta, Ga....

Lowe's plans to close ot consolidate 123 smaller stores in a four year restructuring plan with Spartanburg, S.C., and Greensboro, Monroe and Asheville, N. C., among the frst new super stofes new stores opened in Oxford, Al., and Seneca, S.C.; Spartanburg, S.C., converted to a contractor yard; Mauldin, S.C., and Doraville, Ga., closed; a Bristol, Va., location is being considered.

Home Depot will open 10 new stores in the southeast this year; Mobile, Al., and Doraville, Ga., held grand openings; Manatee County, Fl., and Loudoun County, Va., sites were approved and a Cobb, Ga., location is undet considcntlon; r accond Austin, Tx, Dcpot opclts this month.

Stripling Blakc,Austin, Tx., will opcn a 20,000 sq. ft. additiosl at the main store ncxt month, rcplacing the building lost to fite last yeat, and renovato thc exteriors at two other Austin unis Foxworth-Galbraith will relocate its Templc, Tx., stofe

Sutherlands Lunber Co. is doubling the size of its T\rlsa, Ok., store Scotty's,Cape Coral, Fl., started a $ 1.2 million expansion. Sminy's 610 Home Center, Stafford, Va., is remodeling.

West Building Materiaf,s, Griffin, Ga., completed a majorrenova- tion.. . E.C. Barton & Co. has purchased Childers Supply, Seagoville, Tx., from Mary Childers and is operating it as Union Salvage, David Stiles,mgr....

New owner Houston W. Orr opened Rector htmber Co., Rector, Ar., (formetly Simmons ltmberCo.) after a complete remodel Frank Paxton Lumber, /nc. sold its Sherwood, Ar., yard. Grand Country Homeworfts, Grove, Ok., is expanding.

281 Lumber, Longview, Tx., bumed in a fire believed tobe caused by an electrical short Rossoz Home Center, Wagoner, Ok., was destroyed by a fire ofunknown ori9m...

Home Depot stofes in metro Atlanta, Ga., will offer installationsales (see stoty p.22) - . Hechinger Co. sold its accounts receivable busi- lll. !o t Gicnaal El{,('I|lc eilut Corp. tffilitufc $Hlndlllm'.

Stnrp illCIrr.la&.rfry Compny of Amcrica will add e thid Mcrrphir,Tn.,plrnt , , ,Inur-CltyProduc'tt Corp,r leVagnc, Tn., b now includcd in thc Twno Stock Bxchangc 3Q0 Compodtc tldgr. Ccco Door PTod,tctttwbcprr purchescd by llniutl Donlnlon Inifusrria,r; thc crlc lncllodrr'Ccc{lflrad;sor Door, Littlc Roch Ar.i and Dsco Entry Systcrns, Dlcbqit, Th.

Potlatch Corp. wlll build e $27 million rcplaccmcnt sawmill in Warrcn, Ar. . . . Roy O, Martin Itmber Co., Pincvillc, [a., rnd the U.S. Forest Scrvice swappcd land withthe lumbor company tcceiving 15 patcols of national forcst land (l,l l0 acres) in exchangc fo,r 8 parcels totaling 1,554 acres . .

Central Builders Suppties had record sales for the ninth consecutive year, reaching $324 million B uilde rs Sq uar e sales inqeased 7 % in 1991 Home Depotlad$24g.z million l99l profit . GAFhad a $5.1 million fourth quarter net loss.

Allgeier Computer Corp. opened a sales office in Dallas, Tx. . Lo uisiana - Pacr.ltc is seeking a southeast location for a Naturo Guard insulation plant.

Eastex Forest Products, Houston, Tx., has added ACQ to their treatingservices...

Lakewood Treating Co., Newberry, S.C., is the first plant to use the new pumpable UltraWood process. Mannington lYood Floors is building a $2O million plant in Epes, A1....

Single family housing stafts l""p"d 1,5% nFeb.(atestfigs.) pushing total housing starts up 9.6% to an annual adjusted rate of I ,304,000, the biggest increase in a year and the highest level since March 1990 building permits rcse4.4%