July 2:
- A new company, Elco Building Supply, plans to hold its grand opening in Roswell, N.M., on Aug. 1. The store will focus on low-slope and specialty roofing, concrete accessories, and commercial construction. Much of its team was at Builders Do it Center in Rosewell before that store was sold to Foxworth-Galbraith.
- ABC Supply has opened a new branch in the Seattle area, in Port Orchard, Wash. It’s the dealer’s seventh location in Washington state. Announcement
June 27:
- Hammond Lumber, the No. 36 ProSales 100 company, announced today its acquisition of EBS Building Supplies, also known as Ellsworth Builder Supplies, the No. 80 PS100 firm. Story
- Akron (Iowa) Lumber has re-opened under new management. Story
- Arrowhead Building Supply has broken ground on a new facility in St. Peters, Mo. Picture
- L&W Supply, a unit of ABC Supply, acquired DeFoor Acoustical Inc., doing business as DeFoor Drywall and Acoustical Supply, a distributor with operations in Macon and Atlanta, Ga. Story
- An unidentified lumberyard in New Hampshire with $3 million in annual revenue and $111,000 in EBITDA has put itself up for sale. Sale notice
- Healdsburg (Calif.) Lumber plans to move from its current site to a nearly 4-acre site in the community that was purchased recently from Phoenix-based Capital Lumber. Story
- Mid-South Building Supply has signed a lease for 30,000 square feet of warehouse space in Henrico, Va.
- An unidentified $4.5 million lumberyard in mid-Michigan has put itself up for sale. Sale notice
- An unidentifield lumberyard in North Dakota has put itself up for sale. The company says it recorded $1.56 million in gross revenue, with cash flow and EBITDA of $153,000. Sale notice
June 22:
- ABC Supply purchased G & F Roofing and acquired its three California locations in Anaheim, Whittier, and Gardena.
June 20:
- ABC Supply opened a branch in the Bronx, N.Y.
June 18:
- Curry Lumber in Wooster, Ohio is closing after over 165 years in business
June 13:
- An unnamed lumberyard in Michigan put itself up for sale. It has annual gross revenue of $4.5 million. Details
May 31:
- On May 12, Busy Beaver celebrated the grand opening of a new location in Greenville, Pa.
- Capitol Building Supply, a unit of GMS, opened a new yard in Frederick, Md., on May 22.
May 28:
- An unnamed truss manufacturer in southern Virginia has put itself up for sale. It has annual gross revenues of $2.6 million and an asking price of $2.4 million. Details
- Holmes Building Materials acquired Bailey Lumber January 1, 2017 in Baton Rouge.
- CNRG acquired Parkrose Hardware, located in the Hazel Dell section of Vancouver, Wash., on March 1, 2017, and Buck’s Bargain Center in Southaven, Miss., Nov. 11, 2017.
May 23:
- T.H. Rogers will acquire Gordon White Lumber. Both companies are based in Oklahoma. Story
- Sunroc has remodeled its Springville, Utah, branch and plans to hold a grand re-opening ceremony on June 2. Details
- Berry’s Sawmill and Lumberyard in Cazadero, Calif., has put itself up for sale. Story
- Akron (Iowa) Lumber Co. has new owners: Joe and Leo Van Walbeek. Story
- Foxworth-Galbraith opened a new distribution center in El Paso, Texas in May 2017.
- Your Building Centers closed a location in Bloomsburg, Penn. in November 2017.
May 16:
- Parker & Stearns, an LBM dealership with stores in Johnson, Vt., and Stowe, Vt., will close June 1. Facebook page announcement
- Boston Lumber Co., based in South Boston, Va., closed May 12 after having been in operation for 100 years. Story
- McCoy’s Building Supply plans to open a branch in Midlothian, Texas, in December. Construction of a facility has begun. Story
- An unidentified lumberyard in northeastern Wisconsin has put itself up for sale. It took in $2.7 million last year, has 11 employees, and is asking $735,000. The roughly $400,000 in inventory comes separately. Details
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Maupin (Ore.) Hardware has put itself up for sale. It has annual revenues of $600,000 and is asking for $250,000. Details
May 14:
- McCoy’s Building Supply plans to celebrate the revamping of its Huntsville, Texas, facility with an event on May 24. Announcement
May 9:
- Reno-Carson Lumber–which until recently called itself Reno Lumber–is slated to celebrate today the groundbreaking for a new facility in Carson City, Nev. The yard is expected to open in late summer 2019. Story
- Trilantic North America and its co-investors have closed the previously announced sale of the installation and distribution business of United Subcontractors, a national provider of insulation installation and related services to builders, contractors and homeowners, to TopBuild Corp., the largest purchaser, installer and distributor of insulation products to the U.S. construction industry. It’s an all-cash deal valuing United Subcontractors at $475 million. Announcement
- In 2017, Carter Lumber opened a new yard in Nashville, Tenn. (July), and two truss plants in Lansing, Mich. (March) and Hagerstown, Md. (November).
- McCoy’s Building Supply opened a new location in Montgomery, Texas October 2017.
- Harbin Lumber acquired Adams Building Supply in North Augusta, S.C., in March 2017.
May 7:
- Connecticut-based Kamco Supply Corp. is slated to occupy a 9.6-acre parcel in Rochester, N.Y., that changed hands recently. The new location represents a relocation and expansion of Kamco’s current Rochester facility. Story
May 2:
- L&W Supply will acquire NexGen Building Supply, a specialty dealer with 15 facilities in six states. Story
- Boise Cascade announced an agreement to acquire assets of Norman Distribution, Medford, Ore. Story
- Beacon Roofing Supply is buying Tri-State Builder’s Supply of Duluth, Minn., a dealer that sells roofing, siding, windows, and doors across much of Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan. Story
- Drexel Building Supply opened its seventh facility, a lumberyard in Columbus, Wis., 30 miles northeast of the state capital city of Madison. Story
- US LBM acquired Myrtle Beach Building Supply, a two-yard operation in South Carolina. It’s the first deal for US LBM in 15 months. Story
April 30:
- SRS Distribution purchased Contractors Siding, Windows & Roofing Supply, a specialty dealer with four branches in Nebraska and one in South Dakota. Story
- SRS also revealed it is selling a majority stake to a private equity firm. Story
- All Weather Supply of Oakhurst, Calif., has put itself up for sale for $355,000. It generates $1.2 million in annual sales. Details
- The Cor-Tenn Company of Knoxville, Tenn., a provider of specialty construction products and log home materials, moved in February to a larger location.
- Lake City (Minn.) Lumber has closed. Story
- American Builders Supply, recently purchased by Kodiak Building Partners, relocated its Tampa-area window facility to a new location in Riverview, Fla.
April 25:
- Ohio’s Hartville Hardware, a 7-acre operation that bills itself as “America’s Largest Hardware Store,” is taking over 8,000 square feet of space in Tallmadge, Ohio, currently occupied by The Henry Beirce Co. and will open a Hartville Hardware branch there. Henry Beirce will keep the rest of its space and continue to operate as a masonry, tools, and hardscapes store. Story
- An unidentified hardware store and lumberyard in Oxford County, Maine, is for sell. The asking price is $359,000, including over $200,000 in inventory. Annual gross revenue is about $830,000. Sale notice
April 23:
- The BMC Stock facility in Camarillo, Calif., was closed in January. Operations were moved to a new yard that opened that same month in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
April 18:
- An undisclosed building materials dealer in Fulton County, Ga., with $11.5 million in annual revenues has put itself up for sale. It’s asking for $2.8 million; that includes $1 million in inventory. Sale notice
- An undisclosed Montana-based wholesale distributor of garage doors has put itself up for sale. The company has annual revenues of $1.9 million and is asking for just over $88,000. Sale notice
April 9:
- Rice Lumber is building a new, larger facility to take the place of its existing single location in Shelburne, Vt. It’s scheduled to be completed later this year. Story
April 16:
- Ram Tool Construction Supply of Birmingham, Ala., has opened three new greenfield branches in Louisville, Ky., Jacksonville, Fla.., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Announcement
- Townsend Building Supply has consolidated its operations in Dothan, Ala., and plans a grand opening ceremony for its new facility on April 26.
April 11:
- Kodiak Building Partners purchased Specialty Appliance, an appliance dealer with five stores in Colorado. Story
- L&W Supply, the gypsum-specialty unit of ABC Supply, announced April 9 it has purchased Ace Supply Inc. of Montgomery, Ala. Announcement
- American Construction Metals, a unit of ABC Supply, plans to open a new manufacturing and distribution plant in Shawnee, Kan. It will produce steel and aluminum exterior building products, including roofing accessories, gutter and rainware accessories, trim coil, and siding and soffit accessories. Story
April 4:
- Fairmount Lumber & Hardware opened March 12 near Hemphill, Texas.
- GMS acquired the gypsum distribution operations of Grabber Construction Products in Concord, Calif., and of CMH Distributing in Kearney, Neb. Story
- ABC Supply is said to be planning to have a facility at an industrial development project begin launched in East Orange, N.J. Story
- ABC Supply has relocated its Medina, Ohio, store to a new location that’s four times larger location. Story
- Tractor Supply has opened its 1,700th location, a store in Mocksville, N.C. It opened 101 new stores in 2017 and plans to open 80 more this year.
March 28:
- ABC Supply has decided to acquire a lease on a 39,646-square-foot warehouse at 4884 Duncanville Road in Dallas. Story
- An unnamed 62-year-old LBM operation in Dauphin County, Pa., is advertising itself for sale. The firm claims gross revenue of $1.75 million and is selling $308,000 worth of inventory separately. Sale notice
- Beisser Lumber has opened a new kitchen showroom just south of its yard in Grimes, Iowa.
- ABC Supply bought Robosson Supply in Sykesville, Md. Story
- Barnes Building Supply, a new steel specialty dealer in Ponca City, Okla., held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 22. Story
