Net income at Plum Creek rose 56% from the same period a year ago to reach $50 million during the third quarter, the company announced. Total revenues at the Seattle-based timber harvesting and lumber manufacturing company also increased 13% to hit $293 million. More
A housing development of solar-powered, energy-efficient houses that sprouted... More
Two more units of Lyman Lumber, the No. 21 company on this year's ProSales 100, are in the process of shutting down as a consequence of Lyman's Chapter 11 bankruptcy. More
Green Depot, the self-titled nation's biggest building material dealers specializing in environmentally sustainable building products, grew even larger when the New York-based company announced it had acquired Ecohaus, a similar operation with locations in Seattle, San Francisco, and Portland, Ore. More
Washington County, Pa., commissioners voted 2-1 to endorse 84 Lumber's application for a $5 million federal loan, the second step in 84's campaign to pay off the final quarter of a $195 million, 18% interest loan that has hobbled the LBM giant's operations. More
The Washington County, Pa., Redevelopment Authority has scheduled a hearing on Sept. 21 that would pave the way to consider 84 Lumber's bid to get a $5 million federal loan. The request for that loan marks the second step in 84's campaign to pay off the final quarter of a $195 million, 18% interest loan that has hobbled the LBM giant's operations. More
The Washington County, Pa., board of commissioners is likely to consider on Sept. 16 a request by 84 Lumber to champion the LBM giant's bid to get a $5 million federal loan, the second step in its campaign to pay off the final quarter of a $195 million, 18% interest loan that has hobbled 84's operations. More
Officials for 84 Lumber launched the second phase of their bid to get out from under the rest of a $195 million, 18% interest loan when they asked Washington County, Pa., commissioners to sponsor 84's request for a federal loan. More
Parr Lumber, the 20th biggest company on this year's ProSales 100, has opened a new facility in Spokane Valley, Wash., its first in the Spokane market, the company announced June 7. More
ProBuild announced it will buy the assets of Oso Lumber of Arlington, Wash., the No. 56 company on last year's ProSales 100. The deal, which will close on April 30, removes one of ProBuild's biggest competitors in western Washington and enables it to better serve markets north of Seattle. More
