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Spenard Builders Supply, Furbanks, Ak., will hold a grand opening in early April for a new 93,000 sq. ft., $5.3 million retail and millwork, cabinet and truss mfg. facility...HPM Building Sup- ply, Karlu4 Hi., is adding over 8000 sq. ft. to its retail space...

National Lumber will anchor a new shopping center in Fontana, Ca., with a 65,000 sq. ft. store in addition to adding a new unit under construction at Inland Village Center, San Bernardino, Ca. Sunshine Home Center, Indio, Ca., will open a third store this year...

Dixieline, San Diego, Ca., plans a new store in the Tri-City area of north San Diego County by the end of the year...H & E DIY Home Centeis, Victorville, Ca., will open a 5th store in Palmdale...

Haciends Home Center's grand opening of a new Albuquerque, N.M., unit, delayed by severe weather, is now set for March 2930, complete with a major truckload sale and an invitational hot air balloon race...

'Hondyman will build an anchor store in South Bay Plaza, National City, Ca., this year as well as retrofit ll stores in Or., Az., and Ca. to warehouse format with increased skus...HomeClub has moved to new corporate Hq. located on the second floor of its Fullerton, C&., store...

Pay 'N Pak wrl| occupy 49,000 sq. ft. of the new GreenHouse Market Place shopping center in San Leandro, C3. ...

Tbwnley Hardwqre Co. will move its warehouse and offices from Lenexa, Ks., to Denver, Co. ...Ace Hardware is converting four stores to the Ace storeof-the-future design for demonstration purposes during their convention in Houston, Tx., Apr.19-22...

Homestead Supplies will remodel and expand stores in Yucca Valley and Apple Valley, Ca. The Phoenix, Az., dw. of Canfor U.S.A. will close on March 31.

kmecula Lumber 1, Temecula, Ca., is back in business after being closed by the Riverside County Building Dept. for supposedly failing to comply with building completion requirements...

Vashon Lumber & Supply, Vashon Island, Wa., has closed after 38 years..."/. W. Metz Lumber Co., has Jiled for Chapter Il protection...Home Lumber has relocated its Winnemucca, Nv., operation to a recently opened yard in Fernley, Nv. ...

Plateau Forest Products, Albuquerque, N.M., is a new office wholesaler, part of the Forest City Trading chain (see story page 39)...Delson Lumber is now operating a planing mill in Shelton, Wa.

Gemini Forest Products has moved to enlarged new offices at 10965 Cherry St., Los Alamitos, Ca. ...Mead Clark Lumber Co., Santa Rosa, Ca., will build a new facility south of their present location...Stoody Co., City of Industry, Ca., has been sold by PociJic Lumber, San Francisco, Ca., to Polaris Copitol Group...

United Lumber Co.3 distribution yard and treated Iumber inventory in Kent, Wa., has been acquired by Uresco Construction Materials, Izc., Seattle, Wa. Hoover Tieated Wood-Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Ply*Gem Industries, Inc., New York, N.Y., has entered an exclusive license agreement with Americsn Wood Tteaters, a div. of Blue Mountain Log Sales, Abbotsford, B.C., to produce enerior fire retardant shakes and shingles...

Idaho Tirnber Corp., has purchased a remanufacturing plant

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(the former Hodge Forest Industries) in Boise, Id., from Idaho Forest Industries...Otero Mills, Inc., Alamogordo, N.M., has been acquired by Edwin D. Jones and Associates and renamed Sunbelt Moulding, New Mexico, Inc.

Petennun Lumber, Inc., Fontana, Ca., has opened its 4th branch facility, a new yard and mill, in National City (San Diego), Ca., mgr. Tony Peterman...Lane-Stanton-Vsnce Lumber Co. plans to open a distribution center this mo. in El Cajon (San Diego),Ca., on a 20,000 sq. ft. property, Al Griede is the mgr.

DMK-PociJic Corp,, Fremont, Ca., has opened new offices in Chico, Ca., and Carson City, Nv. ...Bohemiq lrc., Eugene, Or., has suspended all logging operations in Or. ...Baise Cascade is negotiating for the possible purchase of Publishers Paper Co. (see story page 39)...

Pacffic Coast Plywood Inc., Santa Ana, Ca., was destroyed by a $1 million fire believed to have been caused by a malfunctioning laminating machine...Lumbermen's Building Center, Palm Springs, Ca., was robbed during business hours by two masked men armed with handguns who terrorized customers and departed with $4,0CI in cash and checks...

Willamette Industries,.lnc., will close its plyrvood plant at Griggs (Lebanon), Or.; production at the Millersburg, Or., particleboard plant has not been affected by a $1 million mid-Feb. flre in the storaee and shipping area...

Kimberly Clark is moving its world Hq. to Irving (Dallas), Tx. ...GAF Corp. has terminated the stalrdstill agreement between the co. and Harold C. Simmons, Dallas, Tx., an investor, who says he holds his shares for investment purposes only...

Geocel Corp. is now known as Geocel Building Products Corp... Sylvan Designs, Inc.,has moved to new headquarters in Northridge, Ca.

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