The nation’s largest privately-owned building products distributor has bought Junior’s Building Materials in Ringgold and Rossville, Georgia, as one of four acquisitions the growing company has made in the Southeast in the past month.
Otto “Junior” Boehm Jr., who founded the family-owned building materials business in 1991 and build the business into the largest independent distributor of building supplies in the Chattanooga area, said at age 75 it was time to find a new owner “that will take our business to the next level.” For now, however, Junior and his 58-person staff will continue working and the Junior’s name will continue for the business.
US LBM, a suburban Chicago-based building materials distributor with operations across the country, announced Wednesday that it has bought Juniors Building Materials along with North Georgia Building Supply in Buford, Georgia and Massey Builders Supply in Richmond, Virginia.
“All three of our new acquisitions have strong customer relationships and are market-leading, full-line suppliers offering a robust mix of specialty building products,” said L.T. Gibson, the president and CEO of US LBM. “Their addition to our portfolio expands and strengthens our reach in multiple rapidly growing housing markets in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.”
US LBM spokesman Timothy Wirth said the new owner “implements the philosophy of local management and leadership” and will retain the Junior’s name for the local building supply operation.