NEWS BRIEFS

Builders Emporium, 99-unit Irvine, Ca.-based chain, has been placed up for sale by parent co. The Collins & Aikmm Group

Ernst Home & Nursery opened a new store in Lake Stevens. Wa.. Doug Sitton, mgr., and a kitchen and bath design center in a newly remodeled Bellevue, Wa., location ... Eagle Hardw'ore & Garden, Tukwila, Wa., is antioipating 5 new stores: Honolulu, Hi., this month, Kennewick and Mount Vernon, Wa., in July, I'uyallup, Wa., late third quarter, and Bellewe. Wa.. in late fall

F oxwrtrt h- G alhraith's B uil din g Materials Center (commercial and professional div.) in T[icson, Az., is now fully operational, Ken Black, gen nlgr.; the Benson, .42., store is closed ... Lumbermeil's of Wn,shirrgton /nc. addcd storcs in Clarkston and Kamiah. Id., and renamcd newly acquired Puyette Lakes Lumber, McCall,Icl. ...

Ciry Mill Cc;. Ltd. opcned store #6 in Hawaii Kai, Hi., in carly April; # 7 is under construction in Mililani Town, Hi., lbr a late fall opening Mclendon Hartlwure., Renton, Wa., opencd a 5th store in Seattle, occupying a fbrmer Pny 'N Pak site...

Express Building Suppll, Inc., Moses Lake, Wa., plans to build a larger location on Starfford Rd. Barr Lumber Co., Los Alamitos, Ca., acquired Saddlehack Lumber Co., Lake Forest" Ca,, as its Ttli lclcation

HomeBttse accepted bids for construction of its llrst store in the city of San l)iego, Ca., a $16 million, 150,(X)0 sq. ft. complex with warehouse, gardcn shop and lumber yard; the Victorvillc, Ca., store added a Z-lane drive-thru lumber yard and a contractor's desk Milwaukie Lumber, Milwaukie, Or., is remodeling the True Value Hardware portion of the business, expanding the millwork and cabinet displays, and opening an oflice on Maui, Hi., to service home builders with complete packages of materials shipped from the mainland

Home Depot submitted a revised plan for a 102,000 sq. ft" store in Encinitas, Ca., plus a 16 acre preserve for the gnatcatcher, listcd as "threatened" by the U.S. Fish ond Wildlife Seruice; Depots will be buiit in Everett, Wa., Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs), Ca., and Murrieta, Ca., with an agreement rcac:hcd with the East Palo Alto, Ca., redovclopment agency for acquiring a lor:ation

Rauer Lumber Co., Carlsbad. Ca., is ncgotiating for a site to replace its prescnt location which has been condemncd lor a commuter rail stal.ion ... Snve.more Lumber, Spokane, Wa,, has approval to build a new retail lumbcr yard State Lumber Co." Paso Robles, Ca., is downsizing in preparation for closing ... Terry Lurnbcr Co. closed its Chatsworlh, Ca., location after learning the leascd site would lose use of its rail spur kt1,1s, Luntber (retail conractor salus) is now Tuvlor l-umber Sen'ices, a ncw reload and custom milling co" with a wide array of scrvices in Grand Tcnace (Riverside), Ca., Tcny Wcsseln, prcs. Kathy Sain has opened Builders Resource & Reference, North Hollywood, Ca. ... ktndmark Forest Products has moved to 1950 S. Sunwest Lane Suite #108, San Bernardino, Ca. 92408 Pan Pacific Forest

Produc:t:i has moved from the Kruse Way arca of l-ake Oswego, Or., to Mountain Park ,.. California BriLder,s Supplr'has consolidated its l.rcmont, Ca., location into Sacramento Hq. to offer a larger inventory and wider product selection...

Universal Forest Produc:ts is studying the feasibility of nroving the Huntington Beach, Ca., facility to the old James Lttmber Co. property in Sun Cily, Ca., with a dccision due in early June, according to Bobby Hill

Snav e l1'Tlmrres. San Francisco. Ca.. is a joint venture marketing conlpany formed by Snavely Iiltenmtional and Thames Timber Thames. N.2.. to market radiata pine in thc U.S. ...Stone Forest Industries has issued a 50 day notice to permanently close its Flagstafl Az., mill May 1,5 due to lack of supply; Rcserve, Az., has been slrut down in<Jelinitely and Eager, Az., closed until Junc ...

Precisiort Pine & Tirnbcr Co., Heber, Az., has purchased Payson, Az., sawmill equipment and buildings from Kaibab Industries wiLh Kaibab retaining the property and continuing operation of the lacility until sept., when it will close duc to curtailed tirnber supplies

Teal Cedar Products, Ltd., Surrey, B.C., and CecJar Valley Shingle SysIerrLS, Hollister, Ca., will have a joint U.S" operation atler May | "." Universal Home Products, tr,os Angeles, Ca., is rcorganizing after filing for Chap. ll bankruptcy prolection and closing sistcr co. L.A. Ltunber "..

Louis iana- Pac ific Cor1t. plans to build an oriented strand board plant in Irelancl as a joint venture with the lrislt Forestrr- Donrrl

Housirtg srarr.s droppc.d 4.6Vo in March (latest figs.) to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1,134,ff)0 with the West showing a 17 .9Vo increase ". single family starts slid 4.5o/o; two to four multiunits rose 29.6Vo, live 0r more dropped l3"17o ... building permits fell 8.87a....

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