ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, September 28, 1996           TAG: 9609300090
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: A-8  EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: MAG POFF

CONCRETE PIPE BUYS SITE FOR EXPANSION

Concrete Pipe and Products Co. Inc. has purchased 7.5 acres of the property owned by Lightweight Block Co. Inc. at 3002 Shenandoah Ave. N.W. in Roanoke. Concrete Pipe said it will use the property to supplement its production facility at 2725 Roanoke Ave. S.W.

Lightweight Block will maintain its present office, showroom and yard at the shared site. Lightweight has owned the property since the 1950s.

Carole Grubb, spokeswoman for Lightweight Block, said the two companies are not competitors. Lightweight makes building blocks, and Concrete Pipe manufactures that product. But she said both supply the construction industry and may cooperate in the future.

Lightweight Block is a subsidiary of Solite Corp.

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