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The Connecticut developers who created the plan for the Station 280 apartment complex in Granby are eying a former lumberyard as the potential site for up to 210 apartments in Suffield.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Her father, Harry, worked as a manager at the family lumberyard, and her mother, Frances, was a church secretary and a bookkeeper.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 2 Feb. 2026
The Mirage, which first opened in 2015 on the site of a former lumberyard, grew into a massive open air club within the Avant Gardner complex, with huge LED screens, a 4,500-person dance floor, and more than 12,000 tropical plants.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026
After seven months of rejection letters from every marina, hardware store and lumberyard in North County (despite practicing on a friend’s crane), Granahan finally landed at Ace Hardware in Carlsbad.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Her father, Harry, worked as a manager at the family lumberyard, and her mother, Frances, was a church secretary and a bookkeeper.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 2 Feb. 2026
The Mirage, which first opened in 2015 on the site of a former lumberyard, grew into a massive open air club within the Avant Gardner complex, with huge LED screens, a 4,500-person dance floor, and more than 12,000 tropical plants.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026
After seven months of rejection letters from every marina, hardware store and lumberyard in North County (despite practicing on a friend’s crane), Granahan finally landed at Ace Hardware in Carlsbad.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Lumberyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lumberyard. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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lumberyard
noun
lum·ber·yard
-ˌyärd 
: a place where lumber is kept for sale
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