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IJttildars lirprc.ss ollcnect its sccond unit in ('larksvillc. T'n.. Nov. 17 . Stottlt,trtvvr utttl .Sltoctrtukcr (Mt'.tt,r lntt,riutiottul Group o/' England) opcnccl in ('harlottc, N.('.. in a ltrrmcr l)iutnond Lunrbcrbuilding irr the l)ort (.harlotte Industrial ('omplcx

('1171s1,11,11.y, I"ttnthcr, liort l-auderdalc. I;1.. has aclcled a 4.5(X) sq. fi. design gallcry at its lloca Raton, l:1., storc 84 l-untbcr opened a l)earlsburg, Va., storc <rn thc sitc ol' the lurnrcr llailay' Lturthcr .

Lox,t,'s 100,000 sq. li. relocilted storc in Crown Point, N.('., is the largcst honrc center storc in the (larolinas . Low't,',s also is remodcling a Snrithfielcl, N.(1., store and reaclying a 44.480 sq. fi. unit for an early l99l opening in Knoxville, Tn....

Ilonrc l)apot has a Port (lharlotte. lrl.. store uncler construction lor a Jan. l7 opcning ancl plans to enlargc ancl inrprove stores in Knoxville. Tn.. and Cllearwater. l:1....

Ilccltinger (ir. will convert fbur North (larolina (Winston-Salem, (i reensboro, liayettesville and Raleigh) units to Home Quarters Warehousc units... cleviating fronr merchandising, Itecltinger opened its llrst alTordable renlal housing project, Burtrt Mills ('rossittg, a 96 unit developnrent in Silver Springs, Md.

Lctckey Homc Center,firt'., Forest, Ms., has closed its Carthage, Ms. store . lVilliams Bros. Lumber Co., Conyers, Ga., lost an estimated $580,000 in inventory during an early Nov. fire

Post & Lumber Preserving Co., Quincy, Fl., is closing . . Jeanerette Lumber, New lberia, La., is protesting assessments filed by thc parish tax assessor . . I)o.v'lc l.untbcr ('o., Martinsville. Va., has filed for reorganization under Cihapter I I

Alunto littrc.st Prudut'ts. S'tn Antonio. 1'x., opcncrl a lX' in lf oustorr. l'x.... l.oui.sianaPacilitls Jaspcr, -l'x., nrill has closcd until March

Spurtott l"orcst Pxtducts lnr'., was opcncd in ( irccnsboro, N.('., by ('harlcs llroadway, lirrnrer hcacl ol' l'iedntrtrtl Lumhcr <8. Murtttlttt'turing lnt'., tt lbrnrcr Mt('ov' Lutrtber ('o. subsicliary opcrutilrg olr its ()wn sincc Mc('oy's rcccnt liquiclation

('ou.slul [,urrtbcr Pnxtutl,s ln<'. will build a $6 rlillion rnfg. plant in Preston ('ounty, W.V., as a .ioint vcnturc between (.oostal Itmhcr (ir.. Wclclon. N.('.. Misuha.slti & (\t. Ltd. an<l .Suntitotno l"orest.y ('o., Ltd.. both ol' Japan

.\it't'ru l\cilic lrttltr.stri<'.s is now in llilot proclLrction at its new Waco, Tx., winclow plant Mat' Millatt lJloulel is distributing [:'ibrebourrl Tct'h rtologics' Arrowood fionr seven ol' its l)Cs including Tampa ancl Jacksonville. Fl., Atlanta, (ia.. ('harleston, S.('., ancl C'harlotte. N.C....

Irotrt'lod, firc'., is expanding its Shreveport, La., facility by more than 30(Xr ('rcsl Industrks Int., Miami^ Fl.. has launched (ic.sl C. A. R.1j. (Cr.rstorners Are Really [:verything), a telemarketing customer service progranr

Black & Decker (brp. has sold True Temper lfardv,art, and Temper Limited in lreland to llttly Corp. . Peat'lttrec l)oors closed its Las Vegas, Nv., warehouse, returning all rnerchandise and staff to Norcross, (ia., Hq. . ,

('txt.stul l.ttmlx'r ('o. h1s (j'1gatcd u scparalc lrcirtcd prodttcls div.. l:tkl llills, nrgr.. with thc s<luthcrn rcgion olllcc blscd tt ('ott.stul'.s lrlrlorr, N.('., lircilitics Rabcl Ltmhrr ,,8 ('otrrl,()n(nl, ('oluntbus. Ms.. opcncd .\ttrrlitnl l4'ltolcvk' Itmhcr

Wa.st I-turthcr ('o. ancl l'1.1, Murt.s, /rru'. nrldc lhc l9t)0 Atlunt(t ((iir.) 100 (itntpurics list S<luthcrn l)rcssure''l'rcalcrs Association's olllcc nrovccl f'ronr llrcwton. Al., to (iull'Shorcs, Af. . .,lordutt I.umhcr ('o..'l'roy. N.('.. lost its planing {)pa111li1vn ancl lunrbcr storagc shcds in a $2 million f'irc of' unrlctcrnrinccl origin .

7 onpla-lnlund lnc.ls building proclucts groul) carncd $l.tl nrillion in thc third quartcr... (iaor,t:iu-Put'ilic s opcratirrg prolrt wirs $l I I nrillion . . . LottisiuttuI'utiliccarnctl $2|.2 nrillir)n

Gaorgiu-l'ut i/ir acquirecl .tlnbalt Distilbutor.s. Sumtcr, S.('., cxclusivc distributor for Pcathtrc( Doors, lttr. in that statc, alclng with an agreenrent with I)cachtrec ltrr exclusivc distributorship ol'their ;rroclucts in N.('. ancl thc Tri-('ities area of' l'n. (;-l' nrillwork ancl specialty centers in ('olr"rntbia, S.('., and Ilillsborough, N.(1., will house the new clistributorships .

Alpina lingint'cred Products, /nr'., Ponrpano lleach, l'1., sold its woocl products div. to 7'.1 lnternulionul. lrrr'.: locatecl in Oxford. N.('.. thc ncw conrpany is called 4lpirte .Strut'turc.s, lrrt'.

IIaxln'ure ancl building matcrietl.s sttpltlit'rr had u rcvcnue increase ol- | .5(1, in Oct. (latest l'igs.). rrrainly clue to higher prices, according to the U.S. C'ontnten'cDept ...

Housing s/crlr declined in Oct. (latest figs.) for a record ninth nronth in a row to 1,041 nrillion. with single lamily starts {alling loh and multifanrily, 26olt . . . building permits were off 6.8'l' starts in thc south dropped I 2%r