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Prospective buyers were still showing interest in Wickes Cos. at press time, following a buyout offer of $12 a share made by a management group including Wickes chairman Sanford C. Sigololf

HomeClub has opened a 103,909 sq. ft. warehouse with 9,880 sq. ft. nursery in Glendale, Az. (see p. 3l for story) they also plan a 104,000 sq. ft. Boise, Id..store...

Builrlers Marketplace Inc. is opening a second location in Boise, fd.... Grossman's in Bakersfield. Ca.. has been renamed HELP Warehouse to reflect a new format of selling heating, electrical, lighting and plumbing. mainly for contractors

Omweg's True Value Home Center, Carpinteria, Co., has been purchased by Jon and Joanne Schoenfeld, f'ormer owners of lhe Santa Barbara Paint Fat:tnry. . .Mountain Building Supplyis the new name for Hoodland Lumber Co. which has been reopened in Wemme, Or., by Renee and Bill Knapp lJelens, 0r.. is completing a 5,000 sq. ft. addition . . Tha O'Malley C'o.s.. plans to close units on Bell Rd.. Phoenix, Az., and one in Tempe, A2....

Spenard Builders Supply, bairbanks, Ak., has bought the inventory and some assets of Fairbanks Lumber .Supply which was closed by owner GeorgiaPaci.fic . . . .Suppl.v One, Hillsboro, Or., is participating in the Hillsboro Street of l)reams home buildingproject,..

Diamond Lumber Co. has , eopened its retail center in Englewood, Co. Ace' Hardware, St.

Builders Dist'ount will be the anchor tenant in a home improvement shopping center due to open in Valencia, Ca., next year Ace Hardware ismoving its Benicia, Ca., warehouse to Rocklin, Ca.. next spring

Woodburn Luntber (ir.. Woodburn, Or., is 60 this year Northridge Lumber Co., Northridge, Ca., is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a birthday bash Sept. 24.

Ca.flall 8ros., Wilsonville, Or., has formed a fencing specialties dept.,part of its lumber sales div.. Bob lrlint. mgr.. John Field. sales rep. Landucci Industries, Surrey, 8.C., has sold a third of the company to the East .Asiatic' (b.. Vancouver. B.C.

Hesperia Wholesale, Hesperia, Ca., has moved into larger quarters . . .,Stone Forest lntlustrieshas moved its plywood sales office to Medford, Or. . . . Capiral Developrnent Co. is selling an Orient, Wa., sawmill to Orient Lumber Co., a subsidiary of WTD Industries ldeiser Lot'kwtll close its Huntington Beach, Ca., mfg. plant (see p. 3l for story) , Mansion Inclustries has moved into a new 75,000 sq. ft. oflice bldg. in City o{'Industry. Ca. (see p. 31 for story, . .

ITT Rayonier is seeking a buyer for Pen Ply. Port Angeles, Wa. . .Sintpson Timber Co. has acquired 70,000 acres of Tillamook County. Or.. timberlands sold by Times Mirror Co., Los Angeles, Ca., lor about $32.6 million in a multipart exchange agreement . .

.lames Hardie Building Products, 1nc. is building a $40 million fiber cement products plant in I-ontana, Ca. . Gang lVail Structural Framing Products and Panel Clip have formed Lumberlok Co., Hayward,Ca....

A $ 1 .02 billion sale of Southern Pacilic Railroad to Rio Grande Induslries Inc., I)enver, Co., parent of The Denver & Rio Grande Western RR.. has been approved by the Interstate Commcr(cC(Dnmission....

Koppers Co. will sell its Keystane. Environmental Resources, Inc., to Chester Engineers Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.. as the first divestment since the $1.8 billion takeover by Beazer Plc. of (ireat Britain

Schuler Corp." Salem, Or., has retained the Westnnrk Group, Dana Point, Ca., to develop kitchen cabinet sales and service programs for home centers

Dal.v's Fine IVood Finishing Prodacls, Seattleo 'Wa., is celebrating its 53rd anniversary

Hottsittg slarls inched up 2.40/r, in July (latest figs.) to an annual rate of 1,489,000 units starts of single family units were down 0.8oli; multifamily units rose 18.Toh; building permits fell 5.4il/o tl'l, u.tt lurtt l() ltrtKc .J)' )