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Grossnwn ls is selling thc 50 store. Roan<lkc, Va., basccl Moorc's chain to a tl.S. subsidiary of' I larrisons <Q Gntsliald PL(. London. I:ngland, l<lr approxintately $ll5 nrillion: Norman I)arrer, exec. v.p. ancl gcn. mgr., will stay on as l)rcs. ol' Moorc's and the holding c<t., IIurcross Ittmfu,r antl lluildin!4 .luppl.v...

^lco//yis openccl lbur rcvantpccl stores in T'unrpa llay, lil., thc llrst in a chainwiclc updating (sec p. 38 for story) I-qlit.vt'tte Woodllorks, Lafayctte, 1"a., has purchasecl a new locatiolt in llaton I{ouge. I-a....

Ilomt, Depot will open a new store in Joncsboro. ( ia.. nexl. sunrnrer . Mt'llpinir openecl a new home centcr in l'urlland Mall, Lexington, Ky.

Lowe's, which relocated stores in Wilson and Sparta, N.('.. and Aiken, (ia., and opcnecl a seconcl store irr Wilmington, N.(.., is building a store in Herrderson. N,C., with plans to add a new store in High Point, N.C. . .

bour I'land.r.'1)ar stores in llirmingham, Al., and four Hottscworks Do-lt-Yoursclf ('enters in New Orleans, La., are being closed by parent co. Cltonnal Home Centers Inc. . .

Foxvt,orth-Galbraith Building Materials Center, McKinney, Tx., reopened its store destroyed by high winds and rain in Sept., 1988 , . The Lunrber Mart, (iuymon, Ok., suffered heavy damage when,a moulding bin caught fire...

Monurch Mill und Ltutrfu'r ('o. and Kutt/irtun Ittnrhcr ('o.. I-ittlc llock, Ar., havc becn mergecl by thcir <rwncr, Ilall liquitit's, with Monarclr opcrations ntoving to thc Kaufhran site wherc llob Wutkirts is in charge lJurne.s I lardw'ood. ('rossctt. A r.. an alllliate ol' I'. I:. IJunres Lumbar ('o. group, has purchasecl thc [:,. Sotulltcirrter ('o.. sawnrill fircilities in Sonclheinrer. [-a., fronr Jerrv Ostadal

Annivcrsarics: /-ox'r'ls. Morristown, 'l'n., 20thl /-outls, Wilnrington, N.('., 2.5th: I'cQNI ('ulur Pntducts.20th...

/1. (ixtsst, ortd Sott.s I.turtbcr.1,unl. lhe cllclcst continuously opcratcd busincss in Mason. Tx.. is now clesignated a historical sitc by ir 7?rrzr.s llistorirul Murker.

Gcorgiu-Put'ilic has a new Atlanta Millwork and Specialty (lenter location in Norcross, (ia. Diamorrcl ltill has broken ground lbr a new 68,000 sq. 11. distribLrtion center in (ireensboro,N.('....

Allen & ,4llen Co.. San Antonio, T'x.. has opened a showroom on Avenida Periferico in the Pedregal districl ol' Mexrco City. Mexico, to serve builders in that area . .

Muxey-lSossherdt Lumbcr Co., Duluth, Ga., has acquired Willc'o Builditrg Materials Distributors with locations in Columbia. S.C.. and Atlanta, (ia., where they will nrove headquarters.

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.Sclnll l'brast Industrias, I louston. 'l'x., has opcncd an Austin, l'x., ollicc with l)avicl lligh in chargc

Alumo l:orcst Pnnlucts. Sttn Antorrio. 'l'x.. has opened rcgional salcs olllccs in llouston, l'x., hcaded by Mikc Walker and l)on ('orolla. and Oklahoma ('ity, ok., with ('on Ilice l'hc lnrcsl l'rodtrcts Lahora' lory. Madison. Wi.. has a new tclcphonc nutnber: (608)2ll92(X). . (iokl lJortd Ruildins Products. ('harlotte, N.(1., will begin an $8 nrillion plant nrodernization at its Shoals. Inc.. wallboard facility. .. Ov'cns-Cot'ning Fibcrglas ('rr7r. has acquired f ihtrglos ('antutlu I'or $2()0 million

('oastul I.utnber (ir.. Weldon, N.('., .ioincd Oparution Wutch, a., statc sponsorecl plan to eradicate nrirrijuana . Lao/ Rivcr Forcsl Prorlucts. llattiesburg, Ms., plcdgcd $ 10,000 to thc Jones ('ounty Juni<lr ('ollegc l;oundation...

!Jg11gv Livillg lrtc. has acquired a plant ncar ('harlottesville, Va., to produce wooden trusses . . . UNR tlorttt, Products has closed its Paris, ll., facility and opened a ncw lircility in Ruston, La....

O:;l lA v,ood dust compliance stundards of 5 milligrams per cubic fbot for both hardwoods ancl sofiwoods are now in effect with 1992 as the date for technological compliance with air handling equipntent . .

Housing starts for Aug. (latest ligs.) fell 5'X' to a seasonally adjusted rale of 1.35 million units single family homes were off 2.50h .. . total building permits grew 3.5(1, with single fanrily honre permits rising 1.30h