Gill-roys expands store and product line

Gill-roys

expands store and product line

Gill-Roys managers

from Flint, Mi. made the trip south last month to help

expand the Peachtree City store.

The

managers tore down walls and added more than 2,000 sq.ft

to the construction supplies store.

During the

reconstruction, the store opened and with all the extra

help, the remodeling only took one week. Gill-Roy's is

based in Michigan and has 24 stores.

The firsts

store opened in 1946 when Gilbert Morgan and Roy

Trevarrow decided to start a construction supply store.

The store offers one-stop shopping to construction

professionals, as well as the weekend warriors who wants

to fix up his home.

Although

Home Depot is planning on building a store in Peachtree

City, manager Tom Fancher said the expansion had been

planned for a while.

"We

had been planning to expand whenever our tenant moved

out," he said.

The company

had been renting out space to an office products dealer

in its 8,000 sq.ft. building.

Fancher

also does not believe Home Depot will hurt his business.

"We

have one or two stores within a half-mile of new Home

Depot stores and sales actually increased in those

stores. A lot of people relate to us, and if they want to

compete in our are, great," he said.

The

expansion of the store enables Gill-Roys to add quantity

to existing product lines.

The store

is located on Ga. Highway 74 in Peachtree City.