ORLANDO-Bill Heard Chevrolet, operator of 14 mega showrooms from Phoenix to Atlanta, is opening his newest location on 36 acres at Interstate 4 and State Road 46 in Sanford, FL, 25 miles north of Downtown Orlando.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-Bank of America is giving the locally-based flower retailer a new $7-million line of credit through February and, along with other lenders, is extending total debt payments of $16 million to June 2002 from February and May 2001.

GRANITE FALLS, WA-The division of locally-based Miller Shingle Co. will close its doors early next year, eliminating 170 jobs in Arlington and Oso because of the high cost of raw logs and the low prices for finished lumber.

STAMFORD, CT-The Ashforth Co., a real estate investment firm based here, has paid approximately $61 million for the 480,000 sf Valley Forge Office Center complex in King of Prussia, PA.