The Building Center, Inc. announces the acquisition of Mountain Lumber Company, Inc., located near Boone, North Carolina. This acquisition expands the company’s reach into North Carolina’s High Country, Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. This is the sixth acquisition for the company in the last seven years. The Building Center, Inc., based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of the nation’s largest independently owned lumber […]
Stine Acquires Fruge Lumber
Stine Home & Yard is bringing its well-known brand of home improvement and building materials to Eunice and surrounding communities. Stine CEO Dennis Stine reports that the Sulphur based company has acquired the assets of a long-time community business, Fruge Lumber. “We’re excited to locate in Eunice, a community we’ve been serving peripherally for many years […]
Installed Building Products Announces the Acquisition of Interior 2000 Products, LLC and R-Pro Select, LLC
Interior 2000 Acquisition Adds Approximately $6 Million of Annual Revenue Also Acquired R-Pro Select, LLC with Approximately $2 Million of Annual Revenue Aug. 28, 2023– Installed Building Products, Inc. (the “Company” or “IBP”) (NYSE: IBP), an industry-leading installer of insulation and complementary building products, today announced the acquisition of Interior 2000 Products, LLC (“Interior 2000”). Established in 1999, Interior 2000 installs shower, shelving, and mirror […]
Obituary: Ruth Olivia Farris Tart
Ruth was the eldest of seven children born and raised in Maury County, Tennessee. After WWII she came to Washington, DC to work for the Department of the Navy. She met her husband Lynwood Daniel Tart through mutual acquaintances and married in 1951. Together they ran Tart Lumber Company in Northern Virginia. They were married […]
BID Group to Acquire Industrial Cutting Solutions
BID Group is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to acquire Industrial Cutting Solutions. The transaction deepens BID’s geographic and product offering in the wood processing saw and tooling segment and further expands BID’s industry-leading operational life cycle product and service offerings. Industrial Cutting Solutions is an innovative supplier and service provider […]
NAHB: Single-Family Home Size Falls to More Than a Decade Low
According to second quarter 2023 data from the Census Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design and NAHB analysis, median single-family square floor area declined to 2,191 square feet, the lowest reading since the end of 2010. Home size increased in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the need for more residential space, as more […]
Report: Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Ceases Operations
According to local news reports, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams (a d/b/a of The Mitchell Gold Co., HQ: Taylorsville, NC), posted a notice announcing their closure over the weekend. The Taylorsville Times reports there was a sign posted on the truck gate stating: “Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams has recently and unexpectedly learned that we […]
Kodiak Building Partners Celebrates Sixth Consecutive Year on the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies
Inc. announced that Kodiak Building Partners is No. 3,245 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment— its independent businesses. The Inc. 5000 list recognizes companies that have demonstrated […]
Do it Best Members Dominate Beacon Awards
Do it Best dominated the 2023 Beacon Awards, a premier national industry awards program developed to recognize the best of the best independent home improvement retailers, at the recent Hardware Conference. This year, three of the four honorees were Do it Best member-owners, including Carr Hardware, R.P. Lumber, and Tum-A-Lum Lumber. Bart Raser, owner of […]
Skyline Champion Announces Acquisition of Regional Homes
Champion Home Builders and Champion Retail Housing, subsidiaries of Skyline Champion Corporation (NYSE: SKY) (“Skyline Champion”) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Regional Enterprises LLC, and related companies (collectively, “Regional Homes”). Regional Homes is the fourth largest HUD manufacturer in the United States and operates three manufacturing facilities in Alabama and 43 retail sales […]