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Sunrise Expands Distribution
Darrell Robinson, president, Sunrise Forest Products Co., has announced the opening of a wholesale lumber distribution center in Modesto. Ca.
Sunrise is a national sales organization with headquarters and its Northwest distribution center in Portland, Or. lt has sales olfices in San Clemente, Ca., and operates a cutting plant in Spokane, Wa., which produces Iumber rrroducts for the home center inclustrv nal ionally.
The new Modesto distribution center will serve all of North Central California: Ron Robbins is the manager; Judy Murphy, salesg and Ernie Badel, yard manager.
Strong Built-ln Market Seen
An optinristic outlook for sales of built-in housing products in the 1980s. despite the presenr downturn in home building. was projecred by at least one manufacturer at the recent National Association of Homebuilders Exposition in Las Vegas.
"We're looking at a short-tern.r slunrp in housing starts because present denrand for single-family homes is so great," said Janres A.
Rankin, Scovill exec. v.p. of its Housing Products Group. "Not enough houses were built in the 1970 s." he added. pointing out that the current housine recession diflers fronr rhar of 1974-75 in rhat today's unsold home inventory is low. "Barring world disasler," he added, "industry, fi nancial institutions and the government will find ways to provide money to finance home buying in the 1980s."
America is facing an acute shortage of single family homes right now. he said. And in the '80s there will be 40 million more prime home buying candidates in the 3O-yearage range. The longer the present slump in new housing continues, the more urgent will be the pent-up demand.
He feels the demand for buildins, such as radio interconrs. central cleaning systents, food centers and security systems, will continue. Builders will provide these features to attract buyers and improve proftS.
Further into the decade the Scovill executive foresees new homes being built with fewer square feet to offset higher building costs. Increased livability will accrue from the greater use of space-saving built-ins.
