NEWS BRIEFS

Builderway Inc. has acquired Hendricl<s Builders Center, Simpsonville, S.C.

Wickes Lutnber closed yards in Victoria, Tx., and Ruston, La.

Golladay Building Supply, Inc., Stephen City, Va.; Murphy & Ames, Inc., McLean, Va.; R.F. Slaughter Lumber Corp., Hampton, Va., are pennanently closing this summer...

Marvin's Building Materials & Horne Centers, Trussville, Al., plans its 15th store for Corinth, Ms.

H.E. I*onhardt Co. closed its last retail store, Lconardt's Big L Lurnber & Home Center, Oklahoma City, Ok., but will expand its wholesale lumber operation

84 Lumber Co.'s plans to build a new retail yard on seven acres near Blairs, Va., was rejected by the county board of supervisors, concerned about potential run-off and the need for a natural barrier to screen homes ...

Caldwell Lumber Co., Wynne, Ar., is remodeling and enlarging its showroom after recently hooking up with Ace Hardware

Builders Warehouse As sociation,Conway, Ar., is down to four units after closing Harrison and Ozatk, Ar., locations ...

Pelican Companies, Inc. has opened location #20 in Pawleys Island, S.C., featuring a 1,900-sq. ft. showroom for builder-oriented tools & hardware, 6,500-sq. ft. warehouse for commodities, and 2-acre lumber yard

Homcstead lttnber Co., Menao Ar., has been acquircd by Butch Callahan from Reynolds Gardner, who has retired; Callahan has closed his Norrftside Building Supply and reopened at the Hornestead location as Callalwt's Building Supply

Scottyk has opened two new 5acre, contractor-oriented drivethnr lumberyards with 45,00fi1sq. ft. stores in Orlando, Fl. replacing older stores in the region

Home Depot last month opened its 3rd Birmingham, Al., unit as well as its lst farmer/ranchergeared Crossroads store in Quincy, Il.; reportedly is scouring Memphis, Tn., for multiple sites; has withdrawn plans to build in Clarendon, Va., yet is likely to anchor a 667,000-sq. ft. retail complex in Alexandria Va

Ridout Lumber Co., Russellville, Ar., has completed a major remodel, adding sales and display space, new offices and a contractor sales anea ...

Lowe's has opened four new Texas storcs: Conroe (Paul Peten store mgr., Mickey Atkins operations mgr.); Lake Jackson (mgr. Dana Hawkins); Sherman (Roger Ball mgr.), and Abilene...

Loweb has submised plans for a 95,000-sq. ft. storc in Daytona Beach, Fl., and a 166,000-sq. ft. unit for Lubbock, Tx.; begun construction on new superstores in Muskogee, Ok., and Fort Smith, Ar., and broken ground on a $40 million regional distribution centcr in Statesville, N.C., after donating 108 adjacent acres to the Allison Woods Foundation

Sutherlandb has relocated its FonSmi&, Ar., unit to a shuttered and rcmodeled K-I*Ian $orc ...

Moore's will relocate its Blakely, Ga, unit to a new shopping center now under constnrction; aNov. opening is targetd

F o xw o rth- G alb raith Lumb e r Co., Dallas, Tx., has invested more than $2 milliql expanding and modernizing its fleer of vchicles and will likely spcod moth€r $l million by year's cd

Ropcr Brcthcn Co.Irc. oecood is 4th sore including 9,fiXFsq. ft. store and throe warchoscs m 13 acres in Tbano, Va, rcquircd ftm &fanct Sluldon Inbcr ...

Anniversary: Nonis Hadwan, Izc., Henderson, Ky., l5th

StringlfeWow lprtcr Co., Birminghem, Al., has sold is rcrrErts ufacnuing arm, Aswiatcd Fonst Mauriak Division, Hodgcs, Al., to the MHJ Gtoup, Montgomcr5l, Al. (see slory m p. 19)

Hitachi Powcr T@k USA, Itd., Norcross, Ga., will relocate its U.S. assembly operations to a largerfacility carly this frlt ...

McShan Itmbcr Ca., Ilficshan, Al., lost all clcctrical pancls and controls at its planer mill ftom a July 4 firc, apparently startcd by lighning...

Gulfside Supply, Tampa, Fl., has acquired fellow roofing distributor Stringfcllow Suppty Co., Gainesville, Ff. ...

Rayonicr Inc. agterd to sell a 75% stzrka, in 9% of is New Zea laod timberbase for$46 million to a pension invesrm€nt fimd ...

Housing starts in June (latest figs.) slipped 0.1% in June to a 1263,(n0 armual rarc; singb'frm ily sarts juryed 3.Vbrctbehigb est level in four months, whilc multifamily constroctim fell 03% ... starts fell the rnost in lhe Sm&.

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