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The Home Depor paid $3.125 million for l0 acres in the Western Plaza Shopping Center near Royal Palm Beach, Fl., with groundbreaking this month . . BMA, Greenville, S.C., opened a prototype turnkey remodeling showroom in Charlotte, N.C....

Home Quarters expects to open its new Newport Crossing store in Newport News, Va., in August Levy Lumber plans a 100,000 sq. ft. store for Middletown, Ky., in l99l

Phillips Lumber-Plus, Laurel, Ms., opened a new store Webb Building Center, England, Ar.o was acquired by Tommy Warren and Roy Roper. .

A Do-lt Center was opened in Glenpool, Ok., by Greg and Don Pannell ...Jones Lumber, Spiro, Ok., is completing an expansion of their new location

Duper Craig, Craig Lumber Co., Carrollton, Ky., has purchased Wilson Lumber & Hardware, Warsaw, Ky.

Stuart Paint & Supply, Inc., Palm City, Fl., has acquired Dramond Lumber locations in Hobe Sound and Vero Beach. Fl.. for newstores...

Lowe's opened a new store in Newport News, Va., and a new contractor yard in Nashville, Tn., relocated a Winston-Salem, N.C., store and closed a Moultrie, Ga., store. .

Independence Lumber & Supply, Independence, Ky., lost most of its main warehouse in a $500,000 fire Carolyn and Ken Rothschopf have reopened their Guy- mon, Ok., yard which was damaged by fire several months ago.

Wickes Lumber, Forest Park, Ga., lost some of its roof and had other damage in an April "little tornado" .. Lowe's, Lenoir, N.C., lost over $2000 to a customer who served herself at the cash register.

Anniversaries: Cedar Shake & Shinsle Bureau, 7Sth; Columbus Lumber Co., Brookhaven, Ms., 47th: Canyon Drive Lumber Co., Amarillo, Tx., 25th; American Woodmark, Winchester. Va.. l0th; General Hardware Co., Atlanta, Ga., Greensboro, N.C., Jacksonville and St. Petersburg, 1.1.,5th...

Duke Forest Products, Cordova, Tn., sold its business to Southern States Buildi ng Materials. but will continue to operate under the old name until it is relocated to a new site

Mulberry Lumber Co, Mulberry, Ar., formed a pallet div., H. R. Stribling Jr., president and gen. mgr. Fred Renner opened Renner Lumber in Dallas, Tx., wholesaling to the trade in Tx., Ok. and Ar...

Brothers Steve and Elliott Dean have acquired ownership of Dean Lumber Co^ Gilmer. Tx., from their father, founder John Ed Dean...

Prolbssional Forest Products is new in Statesville, N.C., Joel McDonald, Wayne Elliott and Tom Lakeman, owners Davis & Associates is a new wood products consulting firm in Peachtree City, Ga., formed by Jim Davis. .

Constntctlon &les Co. is new in Magnolia, Ar., Arlis Palmer, owner . .. MacMillan Bloedel Buildlng Materlals distribution yard in Dallas, Tx., acquired the former Georgia-Pacific yard in Carrollton,Tx....

Hood Industriesmoved its sales ofTice to Hattiesburg, Ms., from Beaumont, Ms... . Leader Lumber Co., owned by Stringlbllow Lumber Co., closed its Dallas, Tx., office.

James Enter & Associates is a new Myrtle Beach, S.C., consulting service begun by Jim Enter, formerly with the Pelican Buildins Centers chain based in Conway, s.c. ...

Louisiana-Pacilic's Rounds & Porter Co. div. moved into a new l6 acre DC acquired from Lowe's in Duncanville, Tx., leaving their former North Denton Dr. site in Dallas, Jim Butcher, mgr...

C d S Door Corp., Christianburg, Va., moved into a new 83,000 sq. ft. mfg. and distributor facility ... Parex, Redan, Ga., has acquired Insul/Crete Co. Inc., McFarland, Wi....

Building Supply Marketing has been formed by Barker Campbell & Farley in Virginia Beach, Va., William L. Younger in charge Heil-Quaker Corp., KeepRite, Inc., Thompson Pipe and Unilin International the energy products div. of Inter-City Gas Corp., LaVergne, Tn., has been consolidated into Inter-City Products Corp.

Hubbell fuc., Christiansburg, Va., has acquired Marvin Electrical Manu.lacturing Co. Inc. (MarcoLighting)...

Housing sla,'rs for April (latest figs.) fell 5.80/o to an annual adjusted rate of 1.25 million, a 7 year low . . . single family starts were off 7.50/o; multifamily starts at 31 1,000 units were unchanged from March . . . building permits were down 8.7010.