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Crissey Fowler Lumber Co., Colorado Springs, Co., agreed to be acquired by Carolina Holdings, Raleigh, N.C., which earlier agreed to buy The Terry Cos., Tarzana, Ca. (see Nov., p. 28)

Forest Villa Ace Hardware, Auburn, Wa., and Fife Ace Hardware, Fife, Wa., were shuttered by Tim Koch, who bought the stores in 1990

Building MaterialsHolding Corp., San Francisco, Ca., agreed to sell smaller BMC West stores in Fredericksburg, Marble Falls and Shriner, Tx., to?-unit Parker Lumber Ca., Beaumont, Tx.

Paul's Ace Hardware held a grand opening for its newly remodeled Scottsdale, Az., unit

Valley True Value Hardware, Kent, Wa., has been closed after less than a year by Jeff and Julie Francis, who had relocated the business after 10 years in Skyway, Wa. ...

Hank's Hardware & Lumber, Temecula, Ca., has acquired an adjacent lot to add 18,000 sq. ft. to its 40,000-sq. ft. store ...

Payless Cashways Express Stores have opened in Phoenix and Tempe, 42....

Tualatin Valley Builders Supply, Lake Oswego, Or., has acquired Crown Truss, Ridgefield, Wa., and renamed the operation TVB^SRidegefield Truss & Wall Systems; Richard Speaker, plant mgr.

True Value Sixth Avenue, Tacoma, Wa., has been closed with the retirement of owner Owen Carlson

Lowe's is negotiating to purchase a 100-acre site in Perris, Ca., to build a 1.2 million-sq. ft. western regional DC subsidiary

Eagle Hardware & Garden is working to buy a site in Lynnwood, Wa.

Lowe's is teaming with Eagle's Nest Homes, Canton, Ga., to market custom home packages reportedly designed to save new home buyers up to 257o off the total cost of the project

Home Depot unveils new stores this month in Oro Valley (N. Tucson), Az., and Baldwin Park, Ca.; opened a 111,818-sq. ft. store with 24,440-sq. ft. garden center Nov. 4 in Whittier, Ca. (mgr. Tim Rockenbach; asst. mgrs. Beatrice Velasco, Alby Briones, Lee Hawkins, Stella Collin and John DeYoung); hopes to add 115,000sq. ft. stores in Nampa, Id., and Sherwood, Or., and will open four or five stores in Argentina and Chile and 15 more in Canada next year...

Home Depot has opened its l lth operating division, the Pacific Northwest division, overseeing 59 stores in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Northern Nevada; div. pres. Tom Taylor, v.p.-merchandising Dick Sullivan the company declared a3-for-2 stock split

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Sound Forest Products Inc.. Post Falls, Id., is building a 1,600sq. ft. sales and administration office ...

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Anaheim M illworks, Anaheim, Ca., now 2 years old, has added its 8th moulder and 4th gang rip ...

Potlatch Corp. has cut 16 jobs at its St. Maries, Id., plywood plant and will modernize some areas of the facility next year

TruSem members can now view and order planograms online True Value signed a multi-year deal to become the exclusive title sponsor of the International Race of Champions series ...

Distribution Management Systems, Inc. hasjoined the Wood Truss Council of America ...

Capital Lumber Co., Chino, Ca., is now distributing James Hardie building products in So. Ca....

Builder SupplyNet, a subscription-based Internet marketplace, has expanded into 10 new geographic markets, including San Diego, Ca.

Tivoli Industries, Santa Ana, Ca., has been acquired to operate as a subsidiary of Italian lighting maker Targetti Sankey SpA ...

Anniversaries: Precisian Pine & Timber /nc., Heber, Az., 15th Capital Lumber Co.'s Healdsburg Distribution and Sonoma Milling Services divisions,lucky 13th...

New Web site: Custom Building Products, Seal Beach, Ca., www.custombuildingproducts.com

Housing startE in Oct. (latest figs.) held steady at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.628 million ... single family starts edged up2.8Vo to 1.33 million, multifamily dropped l0Vo to a rate of 303,000 ... starts in the Wbst were down5.7%o... ,,

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