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West Building Materials has closed its Athens, Ga., location after 15 years

T/J Lumher Co., Oklahoma City, Ok., owner Dick Jennings has opened Jennings BLtildirtg Materials on the former Oklahoma City site of Orcm Huston Luntber Co.; Bill Champ, mgr.; Chris Jennings, asst. mgr.

Ply-Marts opened its l lth yard at the former LaGrange, Ga., site af Area Building Suppl,v

T.H. Rogers Lumber Co., Nowata, Ok., relocated to a larger, newly remodeled location

Home Depot opened a new Expo store April 2 in Davie, Fl., and a home center in Florence, Ky.; rvill unveil new stores April 30 in Midlothian and Richmond, Va.; is considering a site at Ga. 400 and Old Milton in Alpharetta, Ga.; received rezoning approval to build in Irving, Tx.; expects to begin construction next month on a 108,000-sq. ft. store with 22,000-sq. garden center on I 3 acres in Waxahachie, Tx., for a fall opening

Lowe's Cos. opened 150,000sq. ft. replacement superstores Feb. 18 in Alexandria, La., Lonnie Menard, store mgr.; Feb. ll in Mount Pleasant, S.C., and Jan. 28 in Harrisonburg, Va. ... Lowe's plans on opening 45 to 50 locations in 1998, mostly in Floridii, Texas and Connecticut, plus 25 to 30 relocations

Lowe's besins construction this month of a $-15 million, 130,000sq. ft. store on 13 acres in Staunton, Va.; has acquired 12 acres in Sevierville, Tn., for a 130,000-sq. ft. store; is building a new store in Alpharetta, Ga.; is negotiating to buy 18.7 acres in Owensboro, Ky., and has closed its Montgomery, Al., contractor yard, consolidating contractor services at its nearby 101,000-sq. ft. homc center

Lov'e's plans 150,000-sq. ft. replac:crment stores in Winchester, Va.; by late I 998 in North Knox v ille, Tn.; on 25 acres in Moor-esville, N.C.; in Columbus, Ga., and a 130,000-sc1. fi. replacement store in Morchead City. N.C., by late 1999...

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M i s s i.r s ipp i Builtling M ctte: ri u I Deulars Association has dropped out of the NationoL Lurnher & Buildirr g Mtrterinl Deolers Assot iotiorr (see Southern Associatior.r News, p. 20)

Strirtg.f'elLctw, LtLmber Co., Birrningharn, Al., hirs formed a B i rnr i n gham-based lin-g i neered Woocl Division to distribute WiLlanette Industries' engineered rvood products: 0pcrations mgr. Phillip Thomaston, ex-Ame ricurt Lunber, and sales mgr, Wayne Thornton, ex-Georgi rt- P a c: ifi c itncl American Lumber

Letrderbrttnd Wltolesulc. Shreveport, La., has ceased operations ft. in 1998 at its Alcolu, S.C.. sawrnill ...

Anthorry Forest Products hus added new boilers and kilns at its IJrbana, Ar., and Atlanta, Tx., sawmills ...

G eorgia-Pacific Corp. expects to increase hardrvood lumber production by 30Vc to 24 million bd.

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IJob Tinhe rlttkc, Inc., Lexingtorr, N.C.. has licensed Epro, Irtc. to manufacture Bob Tin"rberlirke ceramic tile

PPG Industries, Irtc. hns acquired 70-yeatr-old specialty paint manufacturer Keeler & Itttg fuc., Watertowlr, Ct.

Int e n'tat i rs twl C ct n tfo rt P rr t dt t c' I s Corp., Franklin, Tn.. has complet- ed its acquisition of Urtited Eleorir:, Wichita F;rlls. Tx.

Hughes Supplv, Orlando, Fl., lri.rs agreed to purchase S'rur Antoni 0 P Lumbing Distributors, Sltn Antonio, Tx. ...

Cooper Ittdustries, Irtc ., FIouston, Tx., has completed its purchase of lwtoot-, Houston, from G loboL Intlustrial '[e chnologies, Inc., for $217.5 rnillion and is accluiring German scrervdriver bit manufrtcturer Geto-Wcrk as part o1' tts Cooper Poytcr Tool.r Divisictrt, Lexington, S.C.

H i - Ris e Recy c I i rt g,S-l'slcrns, fuc., Miami, Fi., has agreed to rucquire rvaste hr.ndling equipment distributor Hesco SoLes Inc., Miami, Fl., and its affiliated service conrpany, Atlantic Mnintenurtc:e , Inc.

Suttbeunr Corp., Delray Beach, Fl., agrced to buy Colemsn Co., Sigtttrtrtre Broncls USA and First Alert ...

New Web sites: Lumbermens C redit Assotiation llc., Chicitgo, www.lurnbermenscredit.com Michael Weitig fuc., Statesville, N.C., wrvw.weir.rigusa.com

Liherty Rugged Outdoor Wear, Cleburne, Tx.. r,vwrv.libertyrugged.com

Housirtg starts iri Feb. (latest figs.) climbed 67o to a seasonally arijusted annual rate of 1.636 rnillion ... single-family construction rose 4Va to 1.27 million units; rnulti-family with 2-4 units reached 68,000, with 5+ units hit 298,000 ... permits jumped 67o to 1.62-5 miilion.

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