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Bullderc Square is closing four stores in mctro Atlanta, Ga., Decatur, Norgross, Marietta and Jonegboro, and a Lauderdale Lakeg, Fl., unit ,,.Home hwt will enlarge its Kennesaw, G8., store to 95,000 sq. ft. and add 10,000 sq. ft. to the gnrden @nter in a $t.7 million expansion due for completion early next year.

84 Lumberre-opened a Ridgeland, Ms., store and had ribbon cutting ceremonies for a new unit in Bradenton, Fl. . . Hechinger Co. closed its Raleigh, N.C., store with plans to reopen it as a Home Quarterc Warehouse, part ofa program being financed by $66 million raised in a recent stock offering..

Lowe's new Lake Charles, La., store is due to be completed in Nov.; a Johnson City, Tn., store had a grand opening; land has been purchased for a Richmond, Va., store, and, unconfirmed, sites in Bristol, Va., and Greensboro, N.C....

Athey Lumber, Enid, Ok., is adding a new warehouse. . Prels' Ace Home Center, Galveston, Tx., bought Henckel Lumber Co., Hitchcock, Tx., with plans to expand it into a full service home center. ..

Negotiations are underway for the purchase of Builderama Inc., Savannah, Ga., from lliener Enterprises Inc., Hanrahan, La., by pres. and c.e.o. Donald Whipple and a Charlotte, N.C., investors group.

Cox Lumber Co., St. Petersburg, Fl., acquired Panning Lumber, Orlando, Fl., no terms disclosed, giving Cox six additional Fl. sites, and two in the Cayman Islands Brock Supply, Pompano Beach, Fl., is expanding into Belizc, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.

Roy Johnson Lumber Co., Henne!$cy, Ok., has been renamed Lee Lumber Co,, /rc. by new owners Darrell and Gwen Lee. Garrlson Lumber Co. is the new name for Hennessey Lumber Co., Hennessey, Ok., recently acquired by Joe and Diane Garrison. . Castleman Lumber Co. was opened by Reg Johnson in Paris, Ar.

A management group backed by an investor group has an agreement in principle, subject to fihancing, to buy Cameron Wholesale, Waco, Tx., from parent compsny certainTeed; no amount has been disclosed in the proposed sale.

H. E. "Gene" Parker sold his interest in Curtner-Parker Lumber Co. and joined the Hardwood Market Report, Memphis, Tn., as a partner and associate editor.

Bloclt Lumber Co., Southeasleru Div,, opened a new reload/distribution center in Norcross, Ga. . Yellowstone Woodworks added a 2nd shift at the Livingston, Mt., plant.

Royal Mahogany Products moved from Atlanta, Ga., to new facilities in Norcross, Ga. ownership of Kaufman Lumber Co., Little Rock, Ar., has transferred to Darlene Bell after her divorce from owner Melvyn Bell...

Interior Buildins Products is a new firm in Tulsa, Ok... . Hines Lumber, El Paso, Tx., and Pelicon Lumber Co., Lake Charles, La., were recognized by the U. S. Dept. qf' Defense for quick response during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storrn..

Trlangle Paclflc, Dalhs, Tx., formcd Bruce C.ablnas div.... Mannlngton &ramlc TIle, l'exington, N.C., completed an $8 million plant expansion and modernization Sentry Hardware and Llberty Dlstrlbutors merged.. ..

Palmer & Kay/Carcwell Inc., Savannah, Ga., acquircA Insurance Management Servlces Inc., Greenville, S.C., as a div., moving administrative oflices to Savannah and keeping sales offices in Dallas, Tx., Atlanta, Gt., andGreenville....

American lMood Preservers Assoc'iation has moved its oflices to Woodstock, Md....

Amerlcan Archirccnral Manufacurers Association has moved to new quarters in Palatine, ll. ... Architectural Wood Institute has a new Hq. building in Centreville,Va....

Anniversaries: Prassel Lumber Co., San Antonio, Tx., 75th (not 4lst as reported last month), Hardman Lumber Co., Arkadelphia, Ar., 5lst; Home Lumber Co., Copperas Cove, Tx., 42nd..

A 60 day period for public comments is underway on a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan that will reduce critical habitat for the northern spotted owl in the West from 11.6 mil, lion to 8.2 million acres The, American Hardboard Association is sponsoring a builder competition for hardboard siding in new single family detached homes. ..

Housing starts in July (latest figs.) pushed up 3.7a/o to an annualized rate of 1.07 million, the first four month consecutive increase in ll years...single family starts rose 3.70/o; multis fell I lo/o', permits were up 0.30/o starts in the South o.:l/n itaris in -ttri'-siutfi | climbed 15.20/0.