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Home Depot and HomeClub are being considered as potential tenants in a proposed Rohnert Park, Ca., discount shopping center anchored by Price Club Floyd's Lumber and Building Materials held a grand opening in Las Vegas, Nv.

HomeClub, set to open a third warehouse in Mesa, Az., Oct. 28. has stores in Santa Ana and Laguna Niguel, Ca., planned.

GNW Partne{s, L.P., which recently acquired the Northwest division of Grossman's in an LBO, and put stores in Chico, Santa Maria, Stockton, San Jose, Saratoga, Newark, Lancaster and Fresno, Ca., on the market, will move Hq. from San Carlos, Ca., to Hayward, Ca., before the end of the year. .

Sandy Building and Farm Supply has been opened in Sandy, Or., by Vicki and Angelo Turra who purchased the former Sandy Lumber Co, facility Ace Hardware opened a store in Kapaa, on the island of Kauai, Hi.

Franklin Building Supply, Boise, Id., is opening a retail lumber yard called Humboldt Lumber in Elko, Nv., part of an operation which includes stores in Boise, Caldwell and McCall, ld., Wholesale Distributing Co. and Dunagan Door Factory. .

Vicki and Chris Hughes have acquired Evergreen Supply, Clark Fork. Id.. from Pat White Pro Hardwareis relocating Hq. oflices from Stamford, Ct., to Denver, Co...

Hardware Howaii will open a store in Kailua on the island of Oahu, Hi., with a 7,000 sq. ft lumber dept. . ..

Ungar, a div. of Etcton Inclustries, Inc., has moved to a new site in Buena Park, Ca., expanding corporate office, sales, mfg. and engineering in a 75,000 sq. ft. facility,

WTD Industrles, Portland, Or., is acquiring the Sr. Johns Forest Products stud mill, St. Johns, Or., from Sr. Jolms Forest Products Co., Portland. Or., and renaming it Riverside Lumber Co. the WTD mill under construction in Tillamook, Or.. will be called Trask River Lumber Co..

Furman Lumber Co. has relocated operations from Boston to Billerica. Ma. Columbia Forest Products, Inc., Portland, Or,, has purchased G. W. Martin, Ltd.'s hardwood veneer m ill at Rutherglen, Ontario, and a laminating plant in Thomasville, N.C....

Fremont Wood Products, Inc.. has relocated to 4800 MacAdam Ave., Suite 206, Portland, Or. 97201 . .. Tradewest Hardwood Co. moved corporate offices to 6621 W. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 170, Long Beach, Ca. 90803.

Georgia-Pacific is building a new dry kiln and two new dry kiln sheds at Forest FIills (Auburn). Ca. .. Thunclerbird Mouldings, Sacramento, Ca., is completing a 13,000 sq. ft. lumber storage bldg. . .

Filler King Co., Homedale, Id., was named Employer of the Year by the lda-Ore Planning and Development Association and the Southwe st Idaho Private Industrv Countil. .

Casey Wood Corp., Nevada City, Ca., is building a store bldg. and four lumber storage bldgs. Johnston Hardwood, Long Beach, Ca., is adding a lumber storage bl.dg. in nearby Carson.

Superior Hardwoods & Millwork, Inc., Missoula. Mt.. has declared Chapter ll bankruptcy. ,

States Industries, 1rc., Eugene, Or., has acquired Crown Manu.facturing, Corinth, Ms., to operate as States Industries South.

The old Anderson Lumber Yard in Salt Lake City, Ut., suffered extensive damage in an Aug. fire which razed half a city block ., Truck City Lumbei, Phoenix, Az., closed for nearly five years, has more than $500,000 in damage in a fire authorities listed as "suspicious with arson likely".

The home resale markel sales rose 3.3% in Aug. (latest figs.) . value of all newly-started residential bldgs. was unchanged from July at an annualized rate of $118.6 billion...

Columbia Yista Corp., Vancouver, Wa., has acquired R. F. Peterson Dry Kilns, also in Vancouver kiln drying, surfacing, grading and packaging is now available at the Weyerhaeuser Co. customer processing operation in Longview, Wa...

Housing starts in Aug. (latest figs,) fell to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.35 million, down 5ol, ... single family starts were off 2.50/0. . . bldg. permits rose 3.5% with single family home permits up 1.3%.

MERCTJRT Hardwood Lumber Co.