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84 Lumber reopened stores in Spartanburg County and .Mauldin, S.C. .,, llrllllams Bros. Lumber Co, Conyers, Ga., reopened a facility destroyed by fire last hll (see p. 20 for story)

Builder's Supply, Hattiesburg, Ms., will open a new showroom this spring ... Congleton Lumber Co., Lexington, Ky., acquired the inventory and equipment of Southern Supply, also in Lexing- ton...

Hechinger converted stores in Winston-Salem and Greensboro to Home QuarteE, with plans to do the same in Fayetteville and Raleigh, plus a new HQ in Cary for a total of l0 ffQ units in N.C. .. HQ also opened a Montgomery, Al., store. .

Moore's Lumber and Building Supplies, Danville, Va., received the chain's Northern Division Branch of the Year award Tappahannock, Bedford and Winchester, Va., Roanoke Rapids, Hickory and Salisbury, N.C., Moore's are being remodeled and retrofitted.

Lowe's signed a lease for a 118,000 sq. ft. store in Woodbridge, Va., began work on a Dothan, Al., replacement store to open late this-year, replacement units in Staunton, Va., and Wilkesboro, N.C., and began negotiations for a distribution center site in Claxton, Ga. . .

Home Depot plans to open a new store in Mobile, Al., in Oct. . . . the Plano, Tx., '' Depot will move to a new 130,000 sq. ft. location later this year

Hechlnger is retrofitting stores as Home Project Centers, cxpanding kitchen, bath, doors, windows and outdoor deck categories (see p. 20 for story) ...

Lacington Buildlng Supply, Lexington, Ky., acquired Construction Specialties, Lexington No r riss Lu mber- Ha rdwa re, Wich i- ta Falls, Tx., closed... Clark Lumber and Builderc Supply, Trenton, Ga., is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Builders Lumber Co., Wichita Falls, Tx., had a grand opening April 25, Claude Garner, owner; Larry Scott, mgr. . .. Builders Square aims to add seven more units before the end of the year. .

Tom Sanders Building Mart, West Monroe, La., plans to expand its custom moulding/millwork dept. .. . KC,S Lumber Co,, Idabel, Ok., is closing.

Potlatch opened a new powerhouse in Warren, Ar., and neared completion of a green end upgrade in Prescott, Ar. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. has opened a Silsbee, Tx., OSB plant and cleared a Hancevilleo Al., site in preparation for a $35 million OSB facility, though the pro: posed Jan. '92 opening may be delayed

Mouldings & Millwark, Inc., added 7-l/2 aqes to its 4 acre Vinton, Tx., shipping facility and warehouse . .. Sunbett Material Handling moved its oflices to rc927 Crabapple Rd., No. l0l, Roswell, Ga. 30075 htfu, Iitinbt Co, Be$dgr, Ar., rpqonod db rduildng hcilitics dctroyod W flrc hrt Scpt. (scc p. 20 for story)... Bloch Lunbr C,o,, Chicrlo, ll., opened I southeast div. in Norooss, Ga., rtaffcd W Tom Davis, W.H. "Bo" Maxey, Pat O'Donnell and Sandy Sindler. knagine being able to offer your ostomers the enduring quality and distinguished look of redrvood, for a price thafs 40 to 50 percent less than wtntthey'd eryectto pay.

Rlch-Mh" Tulsa, Ok., purchaged Hurct Supply, Tulsa. Carey-McFall Corp, sold its Houston, Tx., fabricatiu facility to Contlnental Blhtd and Dmpry, Inc. . . TlleCers,Izc., will open a plant in Clarksville, Tn., in early t992...

Georgla-Pacific Corp.is an oflicial sponsor of the 1992 Olympic Team...Celotex Corp., Houston, Tx., and GS Rootins Products, Little Rock, Ar., received safety awards from the Asphalt Roofing tr{frs. Assn....

The Stanley Electronics Div. of The Stanley Worlcs is recalling several models of circuit boards used in manufacturing Stanley and Fimbel garage door openers.

Burroughs-Ross-Colville Co. was recognized by the State of Tennessee Senatefor l15 years of operation in McMinnville.

Willamene Industies, Magnolia, Ar., contributed $12,500 for a computer lab at Emerson High School.

Builders Express Inc., San Antonio, Tx., posted a net loss of $2.1 million for 1990 Home, Depot had 1990 earnings of $163.4 million .., Temple-ln: land's building materials group had a $4.4 million loss in first quarter l99l ...

Hausing starts for 'March (latest figs.) slipped 9.30/0 to an annual adjusted rate of 901,000. single family starts dropped 5.90/o; multis,, 2I.4o/o.

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