CASTLE NEWS

 

In mid-December, Castle announced that current shareholder Woodworks of Renfrew has acquired a second location in Burnstown, ON.

Burnstown Building Supplies will be the newest Castle Building Centre in the Ottawa Valley. It was only one year ago that Bruce Gannon and Laurie Wichers-Schreur purchased Woodworks of Renfrew from a retiring Castle shareholder. When the neighbouring location had to close its doors, they considered the opportunity and thought it was the right time to expand their business.  The region has seen extensive residential growth in past few years; and the new Castle location is situated right in the heart of growth region.

"Our goal is to create a ‘destination’ store for our customers.  We are driven and committed and, along with our knowledgeable staff, we will bring our customers a whole new experience when they come to this location."  - Laurie Wichers-Schreur, Co-Owner

Burnstown Building Supplies is approximately 15 kilometres from the Renfrew store and will be providing the same great lumber, hardware and building supply inventory with the addition of some seasonal products.

"Castle is very happy and proud of the growth that we have seen Woodworks of Renfrew experience over the last year. We know that they will bring the same passion and commitment to their new location in Burnstown!"  - Doug Keeling, Business Development Manager, Central Region

The team at Burnstown Building Supplies is excited for the store opening March after a large-scale renovation and are planning a Grand Opening celebration for the community in early June.

"Congratulations to Bruce and Laurie on their expansion."  - Ken Jenkins, Castle President

 

Fresh off the heels of another industry leading year, Castle Building Centres Group is heading into 2018 with a new member location in Western Canada.  Timber Spirit Supply in Spiritwood, SK (approximately 125 km west of Prince Albert) is the newest independent dealer to join Canada’s fastest growing buying group.

Entrepreneur Matt St. Onge founded the business just a few years ago with the goal of building trust with the local community as his guiding principle. He and his team continue to follow this creed and strive to deliver customized solutions to local contractors and consumers in the area.

 

Timber Spirit Supply is a full service lumber, building material and hardware destination and the local community of contractors, home builders and consumers have come to rely on the great solutions-based service. A grand opening celebration is planned for the spring, once the store has gone through a complete rebranding. 

On January 11th, Castle gained a new member in the province of Quebec.  Murexpair Inc., located in Sherbrooke, QC, has been serving the local community for 17 years.

Owner Jonathan Sirois had a clear plan for Murexpair – to offer exceptional products, sales and service in the categories of roofing and siding to contractors and local consumers.  When he and his current partner Bruno Langlois began to consider a buying group, they were looking for an opportunity to grow their business by having access to additional products in their categories, but didn’t want to lose their independence or compromise the core of their business.

"Castle was the right fit for us because we wanted to experience growth and reach our business goals without losing sight of our original mission or the ability to run our business our way." – Bruno Langlois, Murexpair Inc., Partner and General Manager

As part of the Castle group, the specialty store will offer a wider range of steel roofing, siding, decking products and commercial designer steel siding to their valued customer base, consisting of local residents and commercial contractors and consumers.