Albert's Organics to open food distribution facility in Charlotte - Charlotte Business Journal:

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On Sept. 14, will open its 43,290-square-foog center at Logistics PointseDistribution Center, once the home to supermarket chain Winn-Dixie’s regional warehousw operations. The facility features freezer and cooler space plusa 4,500-square-foot The company will invest more than $2 millionb in improvements at 11922 Generalk Drive, employing more than 50 construction workers during a five-mont h buildout. The Charlotte location fills a hole in servicedfor Albert’s, which has centers in Rocklin and Vernon, Calif.; Aurora, Colo.; Mounds View, Minn.; Chesterfield, Bridgeport, N.J.; and Sarasota, Fla.
Company spokesmanh Simcha Weinsteinsays Albert’s will now be able to ship good s as often as five timez per week to customersx in seven states, up from once or twice a “Our center in Bridgeport outside Philadelphia was just a littls too far north, and our Sarasotas center was just a little too far south,” Weinsteinn says. Fuel expenses and truck emissionse are critical issues forthe company, he “Sadly, one of the ways we know the economhy is improving is gas going up in The company estimates its truck fleetg will travel at least 400,000 fewe r miles annually because of the Charlotte location.
Of even highef priority to the company, Albert’as says it will buy from certified organic growerxs inthe region. That openas up Carolina farmers’ accesas to the distributor’s customer base of 4,500 restaurants and natural-food stores. The number of organidc farmers in the area continuesxto grow. Last year, the attracteed a record 600 attendees at its SustainablseAgriculture Conference. The Pittsboro group had 37 Charlotte-area members in 2008, up from aboutf 15 in 2005. The estimates about 500 organic farms inthe state.
Meanwhile, Mecklenburg and Cabarrus counties are planning a community food assessment tolearn what’w grown and consumed locally, says Heidi Pruess, Mecklenburgt environmental policy administrator. Finding buyers is a key Many turn tofarmer markets. Mecklenbur County has identified 11 within its borderws and 12 insurrounding counties. The impact of Albert’s move into Charlottde has the potential to provide a commerciall boost to agricultural efforts inthe “Will it be transformative? We certainly hope so,” Weinsteijn says. After all, company namesake Albert Lusk got his starr by selling organic produce from a streef corner in Los Angelesin 1982.
Today, Albert’s Organic s is a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly trades Weinstein says the Charlottecentef — the company’s eighth — will be its biggestt and best, custom-fitted with the latest in refrigeration The warehouse boasts areas set to five temperature zonesw and four rooms to be used solely for banana And the center comes with a new truck fleet. The spacer is bigger than what Albert’sz needs, which gives the company room to Weinstein says. “So we won’t have to go anywher e else. Charlotte is a destination poinfor us.” Albert’s has signed a long-ternm lease at Logistics Pointe.
Up to 147,94o square feet of cooler and freezer space is still available inthe Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capitakl acquired the 1.1 million-square-foot center aftedr Winn-Dixie vacated the property following its Chapter 11 bankruptcty filing in 2005. Westmount converted the single-tenant propertyu on 66.3 acres near the South Carolinqa state line into the multitenant Logistics which is also home to Precision Framing Systems. Industrial brokers Barb Jespersen and Lane Holbert of in Charlott e represented the landlord in negotiationswith Albert’s. Mike Chambersx of in Atlanta represented Albert’s.

Ruling on Coyotes move could come Wednesday - Boston Business Journal:

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Redfield Baum struggled to stay on taskat Tuesday’ws hearing as attorneys representingt Balsillie, Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes, the city of Glendale, the and otherf professional sports leagues deliveredx hours of oral arguments over bankruptcy anti-trust law, relocation and other legalk issues. Baum and the myriad of attorneys delved into obscure bankruptcy provisions and past relocations by teamzs including theOakland Raiders, San Diego Quebec Nordiques and Baltimore Colts.
Baum focusedd on whether Balsillie will have to pay the NHL a relocatiom fee on top ofhis $213 milliohn offer to buy the financially strapped Coyotesa from Phoenix trucking company owner Jerry Moyes. The relocation fee could total as muchas $100 court documents indicate. Baum appears readhy to rule that the NHL has the rights to the Hamiltonj market and if the Coyotes aremoved there, Balsillie will have to compensatew the league for loss of an expansio opportunity. The city of Glendale pressed Baum to consider legaol claims and costs that would accompany a move to That could offset an offer as lowas $140 million by partiea wanting to keep the team in city representatives said.
Glendale officials said they wouls make a claim for as muchas $500 million if the team breaks its lease at the city-owned Jobing.com Arena. Arena concessionaires Aramark Corp. also could make a claim. Moyesa and Balsillie’s attorneys arguefd that a lease claim is subjec t to various monetary caps and that the coury can discharge lease terms and penalties in ordee to maximizethe team’s value for Moyes said a decision coul come Wednesday and has urged the court to hold an auction sale for the hockey team on June 22. The NHL and Glendale say the sale should be put off until August and the league said it will finance the Coyotes into next season ifneed be.
Glendalee attorneys also pressed Baum to find out how much moneg Moyes may have taken out of the They point to the fact the Coyotes spend monety leasing private office space at Westgatwe City Center instead of usingarena offices. Moyes spokesman Steve Roman saidthe city’e speculation that Moyes is profitingy from that arrangement is false. Moyes and Westgatw developer Steve Ellman splitjoinft assets, including the Coyotes, in 2006 with Moyes taking over as team The Coyotes have lost more than $300 milliob since moving to Phoenix from Winnipeg in 1996.

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Qumu raises $10.7M in Series C funding - East Bay Business Times:

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million round of Series C funding led by Advancef Technology Ventures and joinedby -- a division of -- , , and the . The Emeryville company, which makes software for streaminv video and videocontent management, said Monday it will use the fundzs to speed up product developmen and expand marketing. The company has raisedc $18 million to date. Qumu entered into a strategixc partnershipwith (NYSE: T) in which its technology will be used as part of the telecommunicationn giant's portfolio, AT&T announced in June. AT&T will integrate softwar from Qumu and two other softwarecompanies -- , of Mass.
, and Dayton, Ohio-based Stratacache -- with its own technologuy to offer network software to encode, deliver and manage videol and multimedia files. Qumu changed its name from Media Publisherdin February. The company makes softwarre that manages webcasting and videocontent Qumu's customers include AT&T, ABT), (NYSE: COF), (NYSE: C), (NASDAQ: and (NASDAQ: EBAY).

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Law requires Kansas utilities to hit 10 percent renewable-energy standard - Houston Business Journal:

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The legislation codifies a renewable-energt standard, also requiring 15 percent renewable powet sources by 2016 and 20 percent by according to aFridau release. It includes provisions for net meterint andeasy connection, whicgh let customers use power they generater and sell any extraq back to the utility, as well as energy-efficiencyt standards for state-owned or leased vehicles, spacw and equipment. “Prior to this year, Kansads was falling behind many other states in the production ofcleane energy,” Parkinson said in the “More than two-thirds of the countrg had a renewable-energy standard, and Kansas was one of only six statesz not to allow net metering.
With this we are no longer at the back of the He said the legislation will bring new more wind power and a stronger Parkinson also signed into law the omnibusbudget bill, except for a few line-itekm vetoes. The $7 million allocation for was not vetoed. The which promotes tech-based economic development, had a $12.1 million appropriationb line-item vetoed in April by former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who had suggested that KTEC be rolledc intothe . The agency’s controversial CEO, Tracyg Taylor, . The vetoed provisions included $1.
85 million for the Kansaxs Public Employees’ Retirement System—school employer contributionh and a measure to prevent distributinb certain moneys to specific types of privates familyplanning providers. Parkinson also vetoed legislation to limit annexation, including keeping cities from annexingf more than 65 acres of agricultura land. “The state shouldx not take action that limits the abilityt of cities to pursue developments that will lead toeconomifc growth, especially during these difficult economic he said.

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