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mst economist 5unthe tr1pvnb jfiyrspy may 9 1 99p lansing buildall home depot set for superstore battle in region patrick casey staff reporter york region will be the bat tleground between two home improvement giants as lansing buildall proceeds with a mas sive expansion plan in hopes of closing the gap with american rival home depot following a merger with british columbias revelstoke home centres last month lansing has unveiled a 200- million plan to construct 10 new superstores throughout greater toronto within the next five years this includes new 1 60000squarefoot super stores in richmond hill and vaughah in addition to the existing store in markham the move will more than dou ble the existing nine stores lansing has purchased the former endean nurseries prop erty on yonge street just north of elgin mills discussions are continuing to secure a site in vaughan richmond hill really seems like a perfect fit because the town is moving forward and we already do a lot of business frpm the community at our wil- lowdale and markham branch es explained howard kitchen director of marketing for lans ing buildall we get the feeling that there are opportunities for both rich mond hill and vaughan espe cially when 50 per cent of our business comes from trade peo ple it makes it terribly conve nient for them when we have a store in these major areas home depot is a leader in the usstyle bigbox stores with outlets in markham and wood- bridge as well a new store that opened in newmarket earlier this month v home depot formerly aiken- heads flourished during the last decades recession which hit the building industry hard many home improvement chains either downsized their operations of closed lansing survived through a centralized distribution centre a new computer delivery link and an enhanced information business system however the joint venture between lansing and revel stoke has created a 700-mil- lion company that expects to hit 1 billion in sales by 2003 with the combined strength of revelstoke and lansing we will now have the capital resources and revelstoke expertise to grow faster than we would have had on our own added lansing president john kitchen patterned after a superstore that opened in scarborough last week the richmond hill and vaughan stores will feature an 80000squarefoot store with an 8000sqiiarefoot drive- through lumber yard both outlets are expected to open within the next two years providing more than 100 full and parttime jobs at each loca tion and with 15000 hours dedi- please see page 12 rear racing spoiler dualairbags cruise control- air conditioning special se badging dual tailpipe wbrighttrim p19555r15 michelin performance radial tires power windows mirrorsdoor locks clarion 140 watt amfm cd stereo wdetachable face and 6 premium speakers aluminum alloy wheels 4wheel powerassisted disc brakes pjummmjnrkouts roadrac3nc im7chamfion drive the street version of the proenduroseries champion sit 1 998 tlburon sf 288 ss 1 500 ssffihi 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