NEWS BRIEFS

Retailers

Franklin Building Supply Inc., Boise, Id., added 8,000 sq. ft. to its showroom, opened an 1,800-sq. ft. temporary prefabricated building in Fruitland, Id., until permanent quarters can be built, Brian Marshall, store mgr., and is building store #8 in Winnemucca, Nv.

County Lumber, Santa Barbara Ca., acquired custom door manufacturer A-Door Factory, Buellton, Ca.; Mark Mei, new mgr.

Copeland Lumber iards',is building a 4,00Gsq. ft. retail store plus 8,000-sq. ft. warehouse to replace irt one-year-old temporary quarters in EIko, Nv.; Mark Fraker, yard mgr.

Best Lumber, Yucaipa. Ca., is doubling its store size to 11,696 sq. ft. and adding a new storefront, driveway locations, more parking and a larger lumber yard ...

Orchard Supply Hardware has broken ground for a new store down the street from a HomeBase in Laguna Niguel, Ca., and will open its first of 5 Sacramento County stores next summer ..,

Arrow Lumber & Hardwari^ Eatonville, Wa., has been opened by Al Meier and Barney Wagner, who also acquired a building in Graham, Wa., and property in Buckley, Wa., for additional locations ...

Scotia True Value, Scotia, Ca., recently held a grand opening celebration, as did Benfield True Value, Rexburg, Id., and J&J True Value, San Francisco, Ca. ...

Grange Supply, Issaquah, Wa., plans on consolidating its complex of build-ings .-9 lh"a* with a new $1.3 million building

HomeBase opened a 110,000sq. ft. store wilh 23,000-sq. ft. nursery Aug. 30 in Brea, Ca.

Eagle Hardware plans a midNov. opening for its 184,000-sq. ft. Coeur d'Alene, Id., location

Steamboat True Value,steamboat Springs, Co., and Glenwood True Value, Glenwood Springs, Co., recently added paint shops

Home Depotopens a new store Sept. 18 in Garden Grove and a relocation in Monrovia, Ca.; is nearing completion on stores in Bellevue, Wa., Neil Goehri, store mgr., and Spokane, Wa., Tom Raynor, store mgr.; starts building a northern Spokane, Wa., unit in Nov.; got approval to build a 105,700-sq. ft. store with 24,102sq. ft. garden center on 10.23 acres in Lancaster, Ca.; is eyeing a site in Anaheim, Ca., and is expanding its Load 'N Go truck ren^tal proi gram to 375 of its 500+ stores ...

California Do-it Center is remodeling and expanding its Palos Verdes, Ca., store

Anniversaries: Hoo-Hoo International, t05th Newhall Hardware, Newhall, Ca., 50th ... Woodfold-Marco Mfg., Inc., Forest Grove, Or., 40th ... True Valae, Mercer Island, Wa.,20th

Wholesalers & Manufacturers

lJnity Forest Products, Yuba City, Ca., has expanded its office and milling facilities ...

Mokelumne River Forest Products has moved to larger offices at 801 S. Fairmont, Suite 7, Lodi, Ca....

Simpson Timber Ca., Shelton, Wa., is purchasing 5,000 acres of

Mauk Forest Products, Redmond, Wa., has put its gable end vent business up for sale ...

TNT Lumber Co. has relocated its office from Alamo, Ca., to Byron, Ca. :: "

Witlnnette Industrie s, Portlan4 pr.. wil!_!qil{ qn East Coast Hq. in Rrck Hill, S.C. ...

Johns Manville Corp. Denver, Co., purchased HPG iniernartona/'s North American thermoplastic roofing materials business ...

Califo rnia Lu mber Inspe ction Service has relocated its- Hq. to 2400 Moorpark Ave., Suite 208, San Jose, Ca. ...

American Tack & Hardware Co., Inc. has agreed to purchase lighting hardware supplier Home Equipment Manufacturing Co. (Hruco), Westrninstet Ca. :..

Kirkland Messina, LLC, Santa Monica, Ca., has acquired work wear produ cer M cGuire-Nicholas Co.,Los Angeles, Ca.

Belmont Capital Partners LLC has acquired a majority interest in software firm RealWorld Corp. ...

Advanced Li ghting Te chnologies has acquired an lSVo share of fellow lighting manufacturer Fiberstars, Inc., Fremont, Ca. ...

Owens Corning agreed to buy vinyl siding and windbw producei ArneriMarN with 10 plants and 60 DCs for $310 million-...

New Web site: Willamette Industries, Portland, Or., www. wu.com...

Housing starts in July (latest figs.) remained flu at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.447 rnrllion single-family construction's 37o increase was offset by a decrease in multi-family ... starts fell5.3Vo in the West.

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