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R-P Lumber Co, Edwardsville, Il., opened its 27th lumberyard July 7 in the former Servistar, Streator, Il.; Mike Heuermann, mgr....

McCoy's Building Supply Centers has remodeled its South Central Austin, Tx., store to again serve consumers as well as contractors: the unit remains 22,400 sq. ft., but has a new layout, lighting, signage, racking, and a greater variety ofproducts

Fischer Lumber Co. bought 13 acres in Belleville, Il., to build a replacement for its Freeburg, Il., lumberyard...

G's Ace Hardware, Columbus, In., hoped to reopen two weeks after a July 14 fire that damaged the building and ruined most of its inventory ...

Select Trusses & Lumber is considering a new site in West Salem, wi....

True Value Hardware, Bucyrus, Oh., acquired a new site to open a larger 18,000-sq. ft. store; owners Jeff and Rosie Campbell do not expect to move before February

Bishop Hardware & Supply will open its 8th Ace Hardware in a converted Moose Lodge in Lincoln, Il., in late October

Ace Hardware, Palacios, Tx., sustained broken windows and a damaged ceiling during a July 15 hurricane...

Hamstra Group applied for rezoning of the former Big Kmart in Logansport, In., to open a Big R discount department store that would offer lumber and other building supplies

Beacon True Value Home Center, Boston, Ma., has closed; co-owners David L. Thomas Jr., Michael Haley, Matt Hayward and Joe Casey acquired the venerable hardware store in 1997

Mead Lumber. Liberal. Ks., saw high winds blow the roof off its Shed No. 2 during a June 28 hailstorm ...

Ace Hardware, Bartow, Fl., opened July 15 in a former Goodwill Industries building; Katrina waits, store mgr.

84 Lumber Co. opened new 40,000-sq. ft. stores July 8 in Montgomery, Al. (Brian Kozlowski, store mgr.: John Massey, comBr.): Gainesville, Fl. (Dion Menendez, mgr.; Ernie Boling, comgr.), and Cartersville, Ga. (Kyle Diamond, mgr.; David Tomlin and Casey Roberts, co-mgrs.)

84 Lumber received planning commission approval for a railserved lumberyard on 12 acres in Brunswick, Md. ...

Lowe's Cos. opened new stores in mid-July in Lake City, Fl. (Jessica Smith, store mgr.); Pharr, Tx. (Marcy Green, mgr.), and Warwick, R.I. (Joe laciofano, mgr.); in early July in Plant City, Fl. (Roger Morrison, mgr.); Hutchinson, Ks. (Joe Clemens, mgr.); Southaven, Ms. (Lisa Coleman, mgr.); Orangeburg, N.Y. (Michael Cuellar, mgr.); Kinston, N.C. (Gary Mervin, mgr.), and Dale City, Va. (Kathleen Bearfield, mgr.), and in late June in NE Austin, Tx. (Joe Parsons, mgr.); Central Austin (Steve Jordan, mgr.); St. Charles,Il. (Jim Arshem, mgr.), and Georgetown, Ky. (Chris Hill, mgr.)

I-owe's hopes to begin construction by the fall on an $18 million, 135,000-sq. ft. store on 14.8 acres in Niles, In., and is considering sites in Flowood, Ms., and Aransas Pass, Tx.

Home Depot this month opens new home centers in Key West, F1.; Garden City, Ks.; Alexandria, La.; Madison, Ms., and Keene, N.H.; a relocation in Seekonk, lv1a., and aHome Depot Landscape Supply'iaFort Worth, Tx. ...

Home Depot paid $2.125 million for 18 acres in Batavia, N.Y.; acquired a Z}-acre site in Sylacauga, A1., and is considering a site in Berlin, Vt. ...

Habitat for Humani4r opened a Restore donated building material outlet July I I in Beckley, W.V. ...

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Seven D Wholesale of Florida relocated its Pompano Beach, Fl., office Aug.l to Deerfield Beach, FI....

Sunset Moulding Co. has opened a new facility in ldabel, Ok., to produce Suntrim premium MDF primed moulding; corporate Hq. in Live Oak, Ca., will handle sales and purchasing for the new Oklahoma Division ...

American Wood Moulding, Hanover, Md., has acquired a SOVo stake in Ornamental Mauldings Inc.; American is 507o owned by New Zealand forest products exporter Fletcher Challenge Forests Ltd.

Contractor's Truss Systems moved to a larger 40,000-sq. ft. facility with spur in Cotter, Ar.

Payneville Wood Products, Paynesville, Mn., has been acquired from John Hartert by Bart DeVries and Tim Worms, who have renamed the custom millwork business WoodMax

Hartzell Hardwoods, Piqua, Oh., is investing $400,000 for a 16,fi)C-sq. ft. addition to its warehouse; the project is scheduled for completion by September

AERT opened a 500,000-sq. ft. plastic recycling facility-its 3rd-in Alexandria, La.; added a 5th production line at its Springdale, Ar., manufacturing operation, and restarted its Junction City, Tx., plant, following a March 28 fire

Housing starts in June (latest figures) rose 3.7Vo to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.803 million single family starts increased 5.37o to 1.462 million; multi-family (5 + units) were at a pace of 312,000 building permits moved up 0.87o to an annual rate of 1.817 million

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