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Eighty-year-old Mortimer Lumber, Port Huron, Mi., has been acquired by EquipmentShare, an equipment rental company that operates nearly 350 rental, retail and service centers nationwide.
The company a retail hardware division named Forge & Build, which has taken over Mortimer Lumber’s four locations in Port Huron, Sandusky, Bad Axe, and Imlay City, Mi.
All employees are expected to remain except for former owner Chip Mortimer, who is retiring, and his two sons.
The four stores will continue selling lumber, hardware, doors, windows, and other building materials, but under the Forge & Build name. They are the first Michigan locations for Forge & Build, joining nine stores in Missouri, five in Iowa, two in Alabama, and one each in Kansas and Texas.
