NEWS BRIEFS

ber storage with plans to :s S. Market St. store to

August, after $250,000 in remodeling a second Ziegler Lumberstore in Vancouver, Wa., costing $l million to construct with 45,000 sq. ft. is planned for a spring 1992 opening.

Ernst Home Centers, Seattle, Wa., plans to enter the Oregon market with six stores in three years, two within the year, probably in secondary markets

Big B Lumberteria, with stores .. in Oakland and Pacheco, Ca., has qpened a Brentwood, Ca., loca- tion...

Home Depot has signed a 15 year lease for space atthe East Baybridge shopping center, Oakland, Ca., is still considering space in The lsland shopping center, San Mateo, Ca., and hiring for the opening of a new

Gaileher ,Hardwgad Co., Santa Fe Springs, Co., named Manningon Wood Floors as its 1990 Vendor of the Year.

Pacifrc'Ltdn:;'"Yqii deal eaily thlr1i

Duke Ctty Lumber Co.3 mill in Espanola, N.M., will be down for about three months following a $2.5 million fire May 14; log inventory is being moved to their Ouba, N.M., mill with rebuilding beginning as soon as the debris is cleared and an insurance settlement is made.

The Monvi{le. haul has beenr federal judge to spe€ ments for asbestos vic Pacific pod$,,:,SQq! nr ,r,.ti$s.:l