The 84 Lumber store in Madison Heights is opening again and bringing 12 jobs with it.
On Thursday, the store began receiving shipments to restock the store, which sells lumber and other materials, mainly to contractors building new homes. Jeff Nobers, 84 Lumber spokesman, said the store should be fully functional in a couple of days.
The company closed the store on South Amherst Highway in February 2009 because of market conditions, but “the Lynchburg market was one that we felt would, at some time, come back,” Nobers said.
The 84 Lumber store in High Point, N.C., started getting orders from the Lynchburg area after Taylor Brothers Lumber Company closed.
The Taylor Brothers store shut down in December when its parent firm, Roper Brothers Lumber Company, closed.
Nobers said 84 Lumber was performing end-of-year assessments of its store when it decided to reopen the Madison Heights location. “It just made sense to reopen the Lynchburg facility,” he said.
The Madison Heights store will serve the Lynchburg and Danville areas. The High Point store will close, with that mar-ket’s business going to the 84 Lumber store in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Nobers said the Madison Heights store has 12 employees now, compared to 10 before it closed last year.
Amherst County Administrator Lee Lintecum said he learned on Wednesday that the store would open again. “I think it is a wonderful thing for 84 Lumber to come back,” he said. “We’re looking forward to working with 84 to help them grow and prosper in our community. We anticipate good things from them.”
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