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Aiming at a target ot256 stses by 1996, Builders Squarc opened Builders Square II units in Brandon and Lake Mary, Fl., and North Austin, TI., and signed on as anchor tenant in a T\rlsa, Ok, shopping center

Loute's proposed building larger replacement stores in Chesapeake and Newport News, Va., and Jacksonville, N.C., closed an under-performing Griffin, Ga., unit and reportedly began looking for sites in North Little Rock and Little Rock, Ar. ... Hechinger opend Home Prcject Center locations in Woodbridge and Dale City, Va. ...

Home Quarters Warchouse Inc,, acquired a North Little Rock, Ar., location for the first of possibly tlree sto(es to be built in the area ... Causeway Lumber Co., Fort Lauderdale, Fl., plans to expand in the Palm Beach County, Fl., market ... National Home Centers opened a new Conway, Ar., locatiorU David Funderberg, Dgr

Scotty:s reopened the rebuilt Homestead, Fl., store leveled by Hurricane Andrew ... Builders Supply, Ruston, La, is building a new, larger storc due to open midyear ... ServiStar will open a research and development store in Wint€rPark, Fl., in May ...

Home Depot opened stores in Sarasota and Pensacola, Fl., and selected a site in Tlrlsa, Ok., all part of a plan to double capital spending to $800 million and open 50 new locations this year, 12 in the South...

Stitrc Lunber is building a larger showroom with nursery and garden center next to their cunent location in Deridder, La.

Chickasha Building Center opened in ths former location of

Virgin Lumber, Chickasha, Ok., Robert L. Haney, owner; Gary Rosebure, mgr. ... Glasscock Build America Center, Sumter, S.C., is slated to open in Jure or July...

Sutherlods Lumber Co, which will open an Oklahoma City unit, their third in Ok., this month, plans to reopen their two closed Crate DeaI locations in Little Rock, Ar., as full service lumber yards DeQueen Building Materiah, DeQueen, Ar., has been acquired by gen. mgr. Troy Stephens...

Caldwell Lnrnber Co., Wynne, Ar., lost alumber strcd andits contents in a $2 million fire reportedly caused by a malfunctioning transformer...

Dan and Wayne Boudreaux's Ace stores in Napoleonville and Paincourtville, La., are among locations John Madden will visit for the "On the Road For Ace'tv spot ads Hot Springs bnber & Supply Co., Hot Springs, Ar., donated materials fot t Gardner Elementary Sch@l troject ...

Anniversaries: W. H. Mazp Co., l45th; Batchelder & Collins, Norfolk, Va., l25tht American Plywood Association, 60frr; Guthrie Lumber Sales, /nc., Austin, Tk., lOth...

Diatnond Wood Treaters Inc., Decatur, Al., is a new $l million CCA treating facility, IGn Gretke plant mgr. and partner with Ron Erwin, Erwin Forest Products, Peachtree City, Ga. Wm. Canwton & Co., Dallas, Tx., has purchased tbe Owens Corning Fiberglas distribution facility in Deroiq Mi. ...

Timber Tech Texas /nc., San Antonio, Tx., purchased the l0

BuiHing Prcducts Digpst acre site it had been leasing including a 46,(X)0 sq. ft. mfg. facility and 20,000 sq. ft. warehouse; pres. Gary Weaver did not disclose the selling price ...

J. Howrd Josey, Montgomery, Al., and T. Morris Hackney, Birmingham, Al., owners of Burton Woodworks, Inc., and Capital Ciry Forest Specialties, Inc., have purchased Lylesco Manufacuring Co., SHd, Al., to operate as Heritage Stair Parts, Inc....

NK Lawn & Garden Co., including pro&rcrion facllides in Chattanooga, Tn., has been acquired ftom Sandoz Corp. by The Garden Conpanics, Inc. The lrwin Co. has acquired AnuricotWdcrqT@ls ...

A federal jury in Atlanta, Ga-, found Quikrete Cos., Atlanta, infringed on two Nomix Corp. patetrs and awuded tlp Faffiel4 Ct, company $1.382 million...

Hitachi Power Tools U.S.A. Ztd., Norcross, Ga., donated power tools valued at over $22,m0 to vocdonal programs in tlae Cherokee County School System, metro Atlanta, Ga. CoperTools wiU be t[e exclusive hand tool supplier n WorU Cup USA '9( (socoer), hrre 17 to July 17,19%...

Proposals to include vinyl siding and sp'ray polyure6ane foam roofing in the Uniform Building Codc of tlw Intcrnatinal Conference of Building Officials arc being supported by the ICBO Codc Clnnge Corunittce

Cabinet Industry Distribunrs Alliance has ftrmd as a new segment within ffu, Natioul BuiAing Material Distribunn Association Kitclvn Cabfuet Morufrcnrcrs Assrciation r€ports Jan '93 sales 8.8% higlrcr thanJan '92 sales

Housing stafis made s 2.5% recovery in Feb. Qarc$ figs.) to a 1,20E,000 annually adjusted rate single family rqsidence starts fell 0.8%; multi unit starts rose 33% ... building permits dropped 3.1% economists were optimistic that starts were delayed by bad weather and not canceled.

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