RONA Matériaux Pont-Masson expands to island of Montreal

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. ― Lowe’s Canada has announced the grand opening celebrations this weekend for the sixth RONA Matériaux Pont-Masson store. Located in the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro in Montreal’s West Island, the 94,000-square-foot store is the affiliate’s first store on the island. It includes a 9,000-square-foot sales floor, a 15,000-square-foot indoor lumber yard and a 70,000-square-foot outdoor lumber yard. Founded by Richard Bailey, the company will be celebrating 40 years of business in August. Now run by his sons Éric and Stéphane, it counts three other stores in Quebec and two in Ontario. Specializing in contractor and home builder services, the company also has three other divisions: Matériaux Design, an interior and exterior home finishing showroom; Arctic Supplies, an export division in the Far North; and Structure du Nord, a roof-truss manufacturing plant.