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HotneClub lrc'. has opened a warehouse store in Murrav (metro Salt Lake City), Ut.,-with a second store under construction lbr an earl.v sumnrer opening . .

Wicka's retail operations including Ruilders Emporium and Orclnrd Supply are still on the market with a mid-year target date for action Grossrnarr's is negotiating sale of its 28 Northwest Division units (see p. .r.r for story)

Gonahl Lutnber, Anaheim, ( a., has remodeled its contractor dep1. and added a second shift in the planing mill Foorhill Builders Hante ltnprovt'ment Cb., Pasadena, Ca., has opened a 1,500 sq. ft, residential renrodelers showroom...

Mceks Ruilding ('enters, Sacramento, Ca., has openecl a new Rocklin, Ca., location in a facilitv rrcquirecl lront I4/ickt.s, Scott Kassahn.rngr....

Ctttltt lty Ruilding Msterials. (iudahy, Cla., has acquired L5 adjacent acres t0 expand its yard . Sunrrnit Ltrnber is the new nanre lor the llMC ly'r,.st outlets in tragle and Buena \,'ista, Co., recently acquired by Max Quenon.

Carroll Venlures, Albuquerque, N.M., will open a builcling center in Farmington, N.M.; the company owns Rerl Barn Lumbcr in Durango and Pagosa Springs, (1o.. Hurle! Luntber, Crand Lake. Co.. has bcen rcnanred Grand l-umbar.

Fanri'll O:mun AaA', South St. Paul, Mn., plans to ntove corporate offices to I)enver. ('o.. and refclcate its Trustv;rtrthvstores buying operation.. lJrriltlars Emporium, Irvine. Ca.. has selected DDII Needham Retail. Rancho Cordova. ('a.. [or irs $23 ntillion plus advtg. account tr'ullc1' Lttmb<,r', Ilarstow. ('a., had a booth at the Hi Dcsert Constrttt'tion Industries Associaliott's trade show and home expo at the San llernarclino Cior-rnty fairgrounds ... Lumbernrcn's Building Cenler, lssaquah, Wa., has added lree next day delivery for orders over $2-5 lldriclt & Co.. Billings, Mt., is celebrating its 75th anniversary . lVortlrcrn Yartls, lnt'., Ttgard. 0r., held its annual buying show lirst month l)iuhlo Tinrber has closed its Danville, Ca., olllce, shifting all 0perations to the ncw Napa. ('a.. fttcility . . [-akeside I-umber Proclrrclq Bend. Or., has been opened by John Buss lJolclvvin Enterttri.ses. St. Louis. Mo.. is opening A new office in F'resno, Ca.

Krttcktubt,rg'.s 4tt, Hardv'arc, lrairbanks, Ak., has opened a new 23,000 sq. ft. store . , . Big .lolrn's Ruilding and Home Center is a new 7.300 sq. ft. store in (ilenwood Springs. ('o., John Lindsey,owner...

.SCR, lnt'. is moving from S, W. JefTerson Parkway, Lake Oswego, Or., into bigger, new offices at Kruse Way Plaza on May 15... Doughertl, Lunrher C'o., Cleveland, Oh,. has closed its Portllnd, ()r., branch sales office, Doughert.v-Hanna Co.

Veneer Tecltnologv, /rc., plans to open a plant in Tacoma, Wa., to prodlrce hardwood look-a-like vencered door frames. casings. moldings ar-rd raised panels using a new (lanadian cold bondins process

('ottvergant 8M.9. WilLon, Ct., has changed its name to Dataline Corp. (see p. zB for story) fibreboard C'orp. has been awarded $6.1 million bv a Ca. jury in its suit against PaciJic Indemnity over asbestos litigation; Fibreboard has now reached settlements with ll of their 14 insurers, plus interim settlements with two others . . of Fibreboard's l4 insurers, l3 initially refused Io pay any asbestos claims filed against the firm..

. Formica Corp., which had agreed to a ntanagement buyout, received a $259 million offer from an unidentified industrial company rumored to be Great 4tnarit'an Management' and lnvestment, controlled by Samuel Zell, which owns about l5%r of Formica.

Lakew,ood f orest Products has acquired the assets of .\traight Edge Lumber .\ervic'es, Pomona, Ca., and moved all ntilling, storage and sales to 650 S. Reservoir St.. Pomona. Dover Forest Producls has opened a custom reman plant in Albany, Or. . .

A $1.46 billion buyout of G 4F Corp. by chairman Samuel J. Heyman and a management group has been approved. The Ccc'o Corp. has acquired the assets of GlenMar Door ManuJac'rurin,q Co. in Phoenix, Az., from Mordian Devt,loptncnt Co. . .

\trttt'turul partel irttl ttstrl' production reached a record 27 .2 billion sq. ft. (3/8" basis) last year. U.S. softwood exports were an all time high 3.266 billion b.[. in 1988 .

Ruiklirtg pennits in California dipped l0.60l, in Jan. 4th quarter permits nationwide rose for the first tinte in nearlv three years with strong regions continuing to show growth while weaker areas sagged even more

Housing slarts lbr Feb. (latest figs.) fell ll.4o/o to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,498.000 units single family home starts slipped 13.l'1, bldg. permits fell 5.8t1, .