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August 1988

Lowe's Picks Superstore Site

Lowe's will open its largest store in Asheville. N.C.. in the fall of 1989.

The site for the store. which also will be the largest home center in the western part of the state, has been selected, according to Robert Strickland, Lowe's chairman, who describes it as "13% acres, equivalent to 20 football fields."

"The sales floor will be just under 62,000 sq. ft., almost six times as large as the present Asheville store,"

Hechinger For Sunday Hours

Home centers in many parts of Virginia will know in September if they'll be able to stay open legally on Sundays.

The blue law question which is before the Virginia Supreme Court will be ruled upon by then. The case began with a lawsuit in Virginia Beach in 1985 when several businesses including Hechinger challenged the constitutionality of the law regulating Sunday commerce. Sunday closings, a local option, are observed in about 500/o of cities.

he notes. "Attached to the sales floor will be our largest lawn and garden center. 10,000 sq. ft. dedicated to just those products."

The store, with 300 parking spaces, will be gigantic in comparison to the present Asheville store which was opened in 1952. Although small and congested, this store, the third opened in the Lowe's chain, "has grossed more than $250 million in the past 36 years," Strickland pointed out.

Koppers Chemical Sale Close

A management group and The Sterling Group, Houston, Tx., expect to complete this month a $660 million purchase of Koppers Chemical and Allied Products from Koppers Co. Inc. which was acquired in June by an affiliate of Beazer.

The business, which will be headquartered in the Koppers Building, Pittsburgh, Pa., will be called Koppers Chemical Co.

Gordon Cain. head of The Sterling Group, will be chairman; Glen C. Tenley, former president and coo at Koppers Co., Inc., president and ceo. Robert K. Wagner, vice president and general manager ofthe Tar and Wood Products Sector of Koppers, will become one of four senior vice presidents.

Hechinger said that its Roanoke store has opened on SundaY since last October following a circuit court ruling that the city's existing blue law was unconstitutional. The store's overall weekly receipts have increased between 100/o and 15%, he added.

Record Show Crowd Predlcted

A record-setting 600 delegates are expected to attend the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association's 72nd annual convention Oct. 13-16 in Palm Springs, Ca.

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