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84 Lurnberlte;ld a grand reopening at a North Tampa, Fl., store and continued construction (stalled by a March tornado) on a prefabricated truss, door, window and housing panel plant in Homestead, Fl. ...

F oxw or th - G albr aith B uildin g Materials Center opened in Rowlett, Tl., with Mike Dodson, mgr. of the recently closed Grenville, Tx., location, in charge Foxvorth- Galbraith htmber Co. units in Marble Falls, Sonora and Killen, Tx., have completed remodelings...

National Home Centers, a six location chain based in Springdale, Ar., has filed for a public stock offering ... Paty Co., Kingsport, Tn., opened a window resource center ...

Lowe's was forcod to close the retail portion of its Kingston Pike store, West Knoxville, Tn., for several weeks after the "Blizzard of 93" damaged its roof and rain slowed down repairs Spartanburg, S.C., will have a new 1 15,000 q,. ft.. Loweb replacement store by early summer

Builder's Square will build a 107,000 sq. ft. home improvement store in Palm Bay, Fl., to replace a Melbourne, Fl., unit ... thecompany will open two stores in Rrerto Rico in July with two more planned for 194 of 76 stores to Home Project Centers and open 12 Home Quarters by 1994 ... sale of the lease for Home Quarters WareIwweb Memphis, T[-, locadon by QH Partners Ltd. to Tishman Minvale linitcd Partnership will not afiect the store, company officials said...

Home Depot opened two new stores in Oklahoma City, Ok.; completed an expansion of its 4year-old Spartanburg, S.C., store and opened new locations in Sterling and Woodbridge, Va., and Brentwood, Tn., with sites under consideration in the PiedmontUndbergh area of Atlant& Ga- ...

Brock Stryply, Fompano, Fl., is expanding into Orlando, Fl., Jamaica and Bermuda markets ...Boiling Springs Hardware, Spartanburg, S.C., is building a larger facility

Ace Builfurs hmber Co., San Angelo, Tl., UquidaEd inveffiry, equipment, buildings and real estate in an auction ... Remsclwl Brothers Lumber Co., Gonzales, Tx., closed after 111 years ... Eastside True Value Hardwarc, Spartanburg, S.C., is clodng ...

Anniversaries: Sirzms- Moore Lumber and Hardware Co., Frisco, Tl., 3fttu Brcland BuiAing Supply, Inc., Philadelphia, Ms.,25th...

Galyon Lumber, Knoxville, Tn., opened a Lake Charles, La, office, Manford Kelley handling sales Diversifud Moulding &, Millwork has moved to a new 9,500 sq. ft. location in Montgomery, At.

Willanene Industries added a rcw pre-Fess system at its Lillie La., pardcleboard plant and completed a new sawmill at its Dodson, La,location Palatch will complete a $27 million sawmill capable of poducing 4[ft morc lumber using only 5% more logs in Wanen, Ar., in the second quarterof this year...

J. M. Huber Corp.b Wood Products Division. Charlotte, N.C., is building rn oriented strmd boed naruncming facility in Hallfax County, Va. Georgia-Prcifu ls seiling its rmfing manufacturing business to GAF Roofing Manufacturing, includiqg plam d Ardmore, Ok, Daingerffeld, fi., and Hampton, Ga....

Richwood Building Pmduc,s, Izc., Rlchwood, Ky., formerly Vagefus htdustrics,ls now e Ply Gem Indwnies, }rc., ompany ... Anurock btp., in a jcilr venutre with The Republic of Slovenia's Iarrw d.d., wlll produce a new line of concealed binges for the North An€rican market ...

Louisiou-Prcific will build e 400 million sq. ft. emud ceadty oriented strand board plant In Ireland wtth the lrlsh Forestry Board as a Jotnt vemne pertner, govfuling 450,(m obic ms of the plant's annul regiremeot of 650,(m cubtc mas of utood ...

Starilcy Tnls rerxived a Sitver Hottncr Awad for its marketing of hand tools 8l ooryanies in the cabinet industry have Joined tnre Cabinct Indwty Distrihuars Alliance, a new segnent within t}ie National Building Material Distriktton Aswiaiot

Hadwod Plyttood & Veneer

As sociation (formerly Hmdwood Plywood Man$ocurcrs Assr,iarlon) has released a revised version of the Interim Voluntary Standard for Hardwood and Decorative Plyu,ood ...Fd. cdinet sales w€rc rp 13.9% over last year for the l4th consecutive monhly increase

Hone Dqotramhd 17h on the fifth annual USAb 1993 Sharelolfur I0N, t ndng of American corporadom based on r€sponsiveness to shereholderci OwensCorning Fiberglas was listed at 1t0...

Housing starts fell4.6% in March Qatest flgs.) to an annual rale of 1,134,(m ... single family starts doppod 45%i multis of two to four units climbed 29.6%; those with five or morc unrts fell l3.l% permits fon fufire construction slid 8.87o starts in the South fell SVo.

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