Cedar Creek: Atlanta's BlueLinx buying Cedar Creek in $413M deal

Atlanta-based building products distributor BlueLinx (NYSE: BXC) said Monday it will acquire Oklahoma City-based Cedar Creek in a $413 million deal. Cedar Creek is a wholesale building materials distribution company founded in 1977. Cedar Creek is owned by Charlesbank Capital Partners. The companies said the combination will create a building products wholesale distributor with one of the largest product offerings in the building products industry and a distribution footprint of 70 national locations...