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Meek's Lumber & Hardware sold its 18,752-sq. ft. building and 8.8-acre property in Redding, Ca., for $3.6 million and will relocate to a nearby location next to its new DC that will serve seven of the company's lumberyards in California ...

Columbus Ace Hardware. Columbus, Mt., held a grand reopening last month to show off its new 6,300-sq. ft. building

I-akeside Lumber has moved to a new 70,000-sq. ft. showroom in Tualatin, Or., and hopes to add new locations in Colorado, Idaho, and Utah

R&K Building Supplies has opened a 14,000-sq. ft. window showroom in Gilbert, Az.

84 Lumber opened a 34,450-sq. ft. store with three 8,400-sq. ft. sheds in San Bernardino, Ca., in late May; will invest $3 million in land and construction for a new store in Olympia, Wa., to open late 2007, and plans to open new stores in Arlington and Puyallup, Wa.

Orchard Supply Hardware celebrated the remodel of its store in Pasadena, Ca., in mid-May ...

Lowe's Cos. opened a new 116,000-sq. ft. home center May 26 in Northridge, Ca., and expects additional stores openings in 3rd

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Lowe's anticipates a fall completion for a 163,851-sq. ft. store in Redding, Ca.; is seeking approval to build a 138,000-sq. ft. store in Sun City, Ca., and is meeting local opposition to plans for a new store on 22 acres in southwest Mesa, 42....

Home Depot has begun construction of a 103,00-sq. ft. store outside Phoenix, Az., to open by Thanksgiving; will unveil a 104,000-sq. ft. store in February 2007 in Los Banos, Ca., and won planning commission approval to build a 130,00o-sq. ft. and garden center on 10.8 acres in Auburn, Ca....

Coast Aluminum & Architectural Inc. agreed to lease 60,000 sq. ft. of a new industrial park in Northeast Portland, Or., where Moulding & Millwork Inc. already occupies 90,000 sq. ft.

Calaveras Lumber, Angels Camp, Ca., created a $500 scholarship and grant that will be awarded to two local high school seniors who demonstrate helpfulness through community involvement and have a grade point average of 3.0 or better

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TNT Lumber, Palm Desert, Ca., is winding down operations and selling its customer and mill lists with the retirement of Ron DeLisle after 40 years in the industry ...

Superior Wood Treating, Sumner, Wa., has installed new machinery for shrinkwrapping and stickering...

Yamhill Forest Products sustained a May 16 fire while renovating the former Taylor Lumber

Co. mill site in Sheridan, Or.; apparently sparks fr,om a welder's torch caught fire in the debarking area...

Low Grade Lumbe r, Bellevue, Wa., has opened new trading offices in Monterrey, Mexico; Minneapolis, Mn., and Quebec

Western Forest Products Inc., Duncan, B.C., has completed its acquisition of Cascadia Forest Products ltd.

Gerard Roofing Technologies, Brea, Ca., added a 6,000-sq. ft. DC in Riviera Beach, Fl.

Sto Guard from Sro Corp. has received ICC Code recognition as a weather-resistive barier

Roof Consultants Institute has merged with the Building Envelope Institute into RCI Inc.-The Institute of Roofing, Waterproof- ing & Building Envelope Professionals

Masonry Veneer Manufacurers Association has been formed in Washington, D.C.

Paragon Door Designs now participates in the Energy Star program for rcsidential entry door manufacturers ...

Open Energy Corp., Solana Beach, Ca., won a Cool Product award ^t PCBC for its SolarSave roofing membrane products

Capital lttntber'E fng6ma, Wa, facility celebrated its 5th year without an accident with an employee BBQ

Housing starts in April (latest available figures) fell 7.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.849 million ... single-family starts dropped 5.6% to a 1.535million rate ... permits slipped 5.4% regionally, starts were down9.7% in the West.

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