Ganahl operates 10 lumber yards throughout Southern California but this will be the company’s first San Fernando Valley location.with the industry publication LBM Journal.
“I’ve known the Ganahl family for 45 years, and I know that they share our business philosophy,” he said. “We’ve had our business in the family ever since our dad, Dick, purchased the yard from the original owners. We know the value of a legacy, and the Ganahls share that understanding.”“I’m going to be 62 and Pat will soon be 70,” he said. “We really didn’t have any future plans, but we knew we needed to determine the future of the business soon.
Ganahl Lumber Co. has 10 locations in Anaheim, Buena Park, Capistrano Beach, Corona, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Lake Forest, Los Alamitos, Pasadena, Torrance. The Northridge lumber yard will be its 11th, and its first San Fernando Valley lumber yard. In 1952, after serving in the Korean War, Dick Hawthorne returned to work in the yard. In the 1970s, he began the process of buying the company from the heirs of Gillaspie while also negotiating the purchase of the yard’s land from the railroad company.