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Standard Builders Supply, Salt Lake City, Ut., has sold its inventorv. name and customer list to 24tnit Sunroc, St. George, Ut., which will move inventory and staff to its own 9-month-old yard in Salt Lake; Standard owners Mike Hansen and Jim Ridd will retain their properties in Salt Lake and Spanish Fork to lease for non-LBM uses

OK Lumber Co., Fairbanks, Ak., may be forced to auction off its inventory this month, after its largest creditor convinced the court to switch its bankruptcy from Chapter 11 reorganization to Chapter 7 liquidation (see Sept., p. 42) ,..

The Hardware Store, Coeur d'Alene, Id., is being opened this month by Kevin Triphahn, outside salesman for Braided Accents and Mountain Moulding & Millwork, Rathdrum, Id., and Clint Bower, owner of the two companies ...

Wickenburg Builders Supply, Wickenburg, Az., has been opened by Larry and Janet Davis

Orchard Supply Hardware received planning board approval to build a new store in Alameda, Ca....

Walnut Creek Hardware Co. is opening a new Ace Hardware store next month in Walnut Creek. Ca.; Kevin Fisher. co-owner

General Hardware. Denver, Co., is closing next month after 98 years, due to big-box competition and the economic downturn; the property has been listed for sale at $3.25 million ...

84 Lumber Co. has received FSC chain-of-custody certification for 10 more of its stores, including Redmond, Or.; Modesto, Ca., and West Jordan, lJt., bringing 84's total number of certified locations to 36

Lowe's Cos. opened new stores Oct. 14 in Lacamas Lake. Wa., and Sept.27 in Rio Rancho, N.M., and will open by year's end in San Bernardino, Ca. ...

Lowe's anticipates a lst quarter 2009 opening in NE Anchorage, Ak.; won approval for a 138000sq. ft. store in Rocklin, Ca., and is considering a 1Z-acre site in Albany, Or., for a 125,601-sq. ft. store with 31,544-sq. ft. garden center

Home Depot opened a new store Sept. 11 in Prescott Valley, Az. (Ron Straka, store mgr.)

Home Depot agreed to lease a 658O00-sq. ft. distribution center in Redlands, Ca., and is building new stores in Ontario and Auburn, Ca....

Ace Hardware will hold a grand opening Oct.l7 for its new store in Puyallup, Wa. ...

Habitat for Humanity held a grand opening Sept. 8 for its new ReStore discount LBM outlet in Billings, Mt.

Close Lumber, Marysville, Ca., was burglarized Aug. 29 by two men who stole more than $7000 in cash and merchandise, including $2,700 worth of knives ..

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Matheus Lumber, Woodinville, Wa., has acquired the assets of Standard Brother Lumber. Hauser. Id., including its sales office and distribution yard ...

Neiman Reed Lumber Co. recently completed its final phase of a 5-year construction project to add 13 storage buildings to its 5acre site in Panorama City, Ca.

North Pacific has relocated its Ontario. Ca.. sales office to Mira Loma, Ca., to be closer to its So. Ca. distribution center

Jeld-Wen Inc., Klamath Falls, Or., closed its vinyl window and door plant in Stockton, Ca., Oct. 6, resulting in 126layoffs ...

Point Five Windows Inc.,Fort Collins, Co., has been acquired by Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co..

Mason County Forest Products has idled its large-log sawmill in Shelton. Wa.. and transferred the crew to its small-log mill in Shelton as a second shift ...

West Fraser, Vancouver, 8.C., has agreed to buy Stuart Lake Lumber, Fort St. James,8.C., eyeing its long-term timber rights; the company has no immediate plans to restart Stuart Lake's mill, which has been idle since 2047 ...

Silvaris Corp., Bellevue, Wa., has expanded its OSBMarket online service for buying downfall OSB into the Northeast U.S., eastern Canada, and Nova Scotia

Tiger Claw entered into a multiyear deal with Trex to manufacture its proprietary Trex Hideaway hidden deck fastener system ...

Building Material Distributors Inc., Galt, Ca., has earned Forest S t ewardship C ounc il chain-of-custody certification fuom Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood program

Eagle Roofing Products, Rialto, Ca., has earned the highest hail resistance certification from Architectural Testing

Anniversaries:. Parr Cabinet Outlets, Hillsboro, Or., 5th

Housing starts in August fell 6.2%o to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 895,000-the lowest level in 17 years ... starts in the West jumped 10.87o, while all other regions decreased.

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