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Hcchinger hnd a grand opcning for the first lfc chinger Home Project Center in Leesburg, Va. BuiAers Square will open a store in Brandon, Fl., in the fall . Payless Cashways dropped its stock offcring (see story p. 35) . .
Home Depot is building a first San Antonio, Tx., unit and negotiating for a second site with Franklin, Tn., and Tallahassee, Fl., stores in the works and a Charlotte, N.C., unit due in July.
Lawe's opened a new Chancellor, Va., store andreplacement units in Smyma, Tn., Macon, Ga., and Montoe, N.C., announced a New Bem, N.C., replacement opening in '93 and an Owensboro, Ky., unit later this year, submitted plans for Cary, N.C., approval, closed a Dallas, Tx., door and millwork facility and ananged to borrow $250 million to finance 123 replacement stores in the next four years.
McCoy's Building Supply Center opened its 100th store in Edinburg, Tx. Gasparallo Lumber & Supply, Warm Mineral Springs, Fl., is updating the store, adding computers.
Benson Lumber Co. closed Dewey and Bartlesville, Ok., yafds. FoxwonhGalbraith,hnction, Tx., lost an undetermined amount of cash in a night burglary
Sorrento Lumber Co., Baton Rouge, La., in a pay dispute.
McNatt Lumber Co., Marshall, Tx., expanded its patio and exterior door merchandising . . . Memphk Lumber, Memphis, Tx., added a
GTE payment centff . . .Adans BuiWing Materials, Inc., Dundce, Fl., hcld a grand opening for their Build America Homc Center, a rreplacement for the facility that burncd last July.
Collins Lumber Do-It Center, Ada, Ok., is open for business. Bufo rd Whit e Lumbe r C o, Shawnee, Ok., added an fuidersen Window Center. . Owasso Lumber,Qwaso, Ok., was named Business of the Month by the Owasso Econonic Development Authority. ,
Sanco Lumber Co., Grove, Ok., moved into a facility replacing the store that burned last summer G rand C ountry Homeworfts, Gfove, expanded its sales area and tedecorated, adding a garden centet.
Cleburne County Building Center,Hebet Springs, Ar., moved into a new building .Gary Pack Discount, Inc., Hebet Spnngs, is now Ron Pack's of Heber Springs after being purchased by Ron Pack; Gary Pack Discounf, Clinton, At., is not affected.
CrowcV htmbcr, Itdadbon, N.C., 44th1 Anhavs ltmbcr, Ao&twq Tx., 39th; Butldcn Supu Markct, Wythcville, Va., 20th; Scon, ,q Fom Pic,rcc, Fl., lfth; @ddy ltmbcr, Tyronc, Ga., lSth; ProfitMantcr, Ausdn, Tx., lOth.
Huglus Wood Pro&rcrs ir cxpanding its Bon Wicr, Tx., sawtnill and has addcd a utility polc mill at DeQuincy, La., opctations. Southwcst Wood Products, Inc., Hop", Ar., cloccd.
S o uthc r n Pacl"f c incrcascd single and joint linc ratcs for lumba and pancl products by 4% wcrlt of the Rocky Mountains including El Paso, Tx. Mid-SouthTlansload,Memphis, Tn., added six acres to the facility.
Georgia- Pacytc plans to build an OSB plant at Mt. Hope, W.V. PernaGrain Products, Inc., acquired/rnStar,Lenon City, Tn. Ouwater Plastic/In&rstries, KWC, Ar mstro ng andP e lla/Ro lscr e e n w et e recognized for safety atthe Kitchen & futhShow Dewe & Raynolds, Houston, Tx., rcceived an OSHA award..
Southern Forest Products z{ssociation cut dues by 30 per thousand feet and 37A pr MBF on the first 3OMMBF. . southernpinelumber production is expected to hit 14 billion bf this year.
E.C. Barton & Co. signed a lease for a new Union Salvage site in Tuscaloosa, Al., with a mid-summer opening expected Builders Supply Co., Lancaster, S.C., funded a scholarship at the University of South Carolina-Lancastef
Anniversaries: Steves & Sons, San Antonio, Tx ., l26th;Abbeville Lumber Co., Abbeville, La.,67th; Gulf State Lutnber, Tylet, Tx., 64th; Pow e lI- McClellan hrmber, Norfolk, Ya.,57th; Martin's Native Lumber, Dayton, Va., 50th; Coat McCain Itmber, Tyler, Tx., 49th; Snipes-
Northwest lumber producers got a hint of relief with the God Squad's vote to exempt 13 of 44 Oregon timber sales from the Endangered Species Act and Interior Sec. Mamrel Lujan's proposal to soften the draft recovery plan.
Housing slarls in April Qatest figs.) fell 17% to a seasonally adjustedrateof l,l l5 millionunits . single family starts were down | | %, building permits 3.3% .. the south hada 10.7% dtopinstarts despite this sharpest decline in 8 years, starts fot the first four months of '92 ate 14% above the same '91 level. .
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Dallas Economy On lts Way Up
Housing permits in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Tx., area were up 45% in March from the l99l level and this is only one of the signs that the economy is gradually improving, according to Dallas economist Keith Phillips.
Anotherexample is an increase in di-y buying. Some compare the customers in the checkout line at Home Depot to hungry Russians at a Moscow meat market. They're buying everythinglumber, cement, paint, potted plants.
"Many of our stores are setting first quarter sales records," said Lonnie Fogel, Home Depot. "Business in Dallas has been excellent."
"Growth in new home sales as well as housing permits has put new life in the region's manufacturing sector. Demand for lumber, cement and bricks is increasing," Phillips said.
Large Treated Wood Donation
Chesapeake Wood Treating Co., West Point, Va., and Culpeper Wood Preservers, Culpeper, Va., have donated 2400 board feet of treated wood for the construction of 1O Jimmy Carter Work Project homes in Washington, D.C.. a Habitat for Humanity Intemational undertaking.

Millwork Firm Expands
Outwater Plastics recently added 50,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space to its existing 140,000sq. ft. facility inWoodRidge, N.J., to accommodate its growing architectural detail line.
Polyurethane details inventoried include mouldings, ceiling medallions, niches, corbels, columns, pilasters, wall lighting sconces, door and window surrounds, mantels, louvefs, afches, domes, tiles and glass block alternatives.
Code Changes Downgrade Wood
The National Association of Home Builders and the National Forest Products Association's American Wood Council are challenging the reasoning of restrictive model building code changes that may add as much as $4 billion to the cost of housing in this country.
Proposed seismic provisions could add 5Vo to the cost of housing nationally with windJoad provisions increas- ing housing costs in the southeast from 10-40%.
NAHB and AWC oppose the proposed provisions which ignore wood's favorable performance under earthquake and wind conditions in addition to reducing the cost competitiveness of wood frame construction.
R&R Tax Benefit Proposal
The National Association of the Remodeling Industry is proposing tax leg- islation which they say will generate 600,000 new jobs and $15 billion economic activity in the housing industry.
The proposal would extend tax benefits to home and rental property owners by permitting up to $10,000 to be withdrawn tax free from IRA or pension funds or a limited tax deduction of $10,000 maximum, $1,500 minimum for repairs and improvements.
The NARI says these incentives could generate $15 billion in repair, alteration and improvement expenditures in the first vear.
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