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HomeClub, Long Beach, Ca., is entering the San Francisco Bay area market with a warehouse store in a former 100,000 sq. ft. Zodys in San Jose, Ca., . . Futron Inc. is a new construction and flooring supplier in Redmond, Wa., Cherie Regener, owner . .

Stanline, Int., Los Angeles, Ca., has opened its fourth branch in Phoenix, Az. . . Palmer G. Lewis Co., Inc., Auburn, Wa., finalized acquisition of C. H. Foster, Inc., a Medford, Or., building material wholesaler .Wall Pride Inc., Van Nuys, Ca., is adding 20,000 sq. ft. to its distributorshipfacility...

The Handyman div. of Edison Brothers Stords, Inc., San Diego, Ca., is selling 15 of its 2l Homer's units in Oklahoma and Texas to Ross Stores, Inc. (more details on p.60)

Builder Marts of America Inc. has established a West Coast sales office in Concord. Ca. Anderson Lumber Co., Park City, Ut., has celebrated its remodeling with an official grand re-opening . . Red Barn Lumber, Durango, Co., has moved into new and larger quarters

H,ayward Lumber has moved into'*ew 10,000 sq. ft. quarters in Morro Bay, Ca....Lamor

Building Material SuBply, Lamar, Co., has expanded both its home center and lumberyard . . Don Brownson, Breckenridge Building 'Center, has bought the former U.P.L. yard in Edwards, Co., renaming it Edwards Building Center

Hunter Lumber, Albuquerque, N.M., is opening a second yard in Edgewood,N.M. . . . JerryTracy has opened Bn ilding Met als Wo le- sale in Idaho Falls, Id. . , .Richardson Lumber, Castle Rock, Co., has been renamed Douglas Lumber by new owners Larry Holmberg and Kenneth Ritter . .

Ti'iangle Building Supp ly, Eagle Nest, N.M., has been acquired by Tiiangle Manufacturing, Angel Fire, N.M. . . . TriState Sales Co., Denver, Co., has a new owner. Jack Curnow ABZ Lumber, Denver, Co., is celebrating its 50thanniversary...

Pay 'N Pak will open two new warehouse units in the San Francisco area in '85 and convert outlets in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale, Ca., Fairbanks, Ak., Grand Junction, Co., Billings, Mt., and Casper, Wy., to the warehouse format. .

Noyes Lumber Co plans to open a lumber and hardware store on Highway 4 in Antioch, Ca. Case Lumber, Othello, Wa., has been sold to Able Building Supp/y, Moses Lake, Wa. . Nationul Lumber has signed a 10 year lease for a "super store" on Sierra Ave. in San Bernardino. Ca. .

Rebel Lumber, Visalia, Ca., has opened a new store in Hanford, Ca... .Orchard Supply Hardware, Gilroy, C3., has moved to a new location at 303 E. l0th St. . R-W Specialties,Denver, Co., has been named a "Wholesaler of the Yearo' by the Mountain States Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association. .

Rocklin Moulding, Cottonwood, Ca., sister co. to Rocklin Forest Products, has added 15,000 sq. ft. to its moulding plant as well as a new loading dock it now operates a total of 7 moulders

The Merchant Magazine

Jeffrey Chanin, a top member of Sanford Sigoloff's bankruptcy team at Wickes Co., has resigned . . expected to move up to the top job on Sigoloff's departure, Chanin left when Sigoloff recently indicated plans to stay an additional 5 years with Wickes. .

Lumberjack has opened a 45,000 sq. ft. store in Visalia, Ca. Thli-Pak Lumber Senices, Santa Rosa, Ca., is celebrating its 5th anniversary in business Amalia Lumber Co., Amalia, N.M., has closed. . . Hopland Forest Products, Hopland, Ca., has voluntarily ceased operations . .

Sauthwest Forest Industries which has discontinued acquisition discussions with the Jefferson Smurfit Group says it has no plans to purchase stock acquired by the Irish firm . Harwood Investment Co. is seeking an injunction against enforcement of its timber cutting contract with the U.S. Forest Service while it brines suits to nullify the contract.

Jack Davidson has sold his half interest in Dsvidson Plywoad & Lumber and Pacific Wood Prodacls, Carson, Ca., to J.D. Prince of Plywood Psnel, ftzc., New Orleans, La.; Norman Davidson retains his half interest in the two companies, now combined as Davidson - PWP with Bob Howard as pres.; Jack and Bill Davidson, Dave Gentry and John Osgood have left the company. .

Surprising the experts, housing starts were up 5.3V0 in June over May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,900,000, up 990 from the same mo. a year earlier a 7 .2Vo sag in starts of single family homes was offset by a vigorous 27.2Va increase in apt. construction.

Bldg. permlrs lor future construction rose slightly in June to a Seasonally adjusted annualized pace of 1,776,W, up less than 190 ahead of June '83. starts in the West were off 10.690; they rose everywhere else in the U.S.

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