Georgia Food Distribution Center On Schedule to Begin Operations in 2011

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--ALDI Incorporated's (Batavia, Illinois) food distribution center in Jefferson, Georgia, is on schedule to finish construction in late summer of 2011 and be fully operational shortly thereafter. The 500,000-square-foot facility includes 105,000 square feet of refrigerated space and 18,000 square feet of Class-A office space. The Jefferson facility will serve the company's stores across the southeastern U.S.

Development and construction of the facility is being led by A M King Construction (Charlotte, North Carolina). Project partners include Webber/Smith Associates (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) as the architect-engineer, LAI Engineering (Marietta, Georgia) for civil engineering, and KDI Design (Geneva, Illinois) to provide interior design.

ALDI is an international, limited-assortment discount retailer that operates about 7,600 stores worldwide. The company is based in Germany and entered the U.S. market in 1976. ALDI has more than 1,000 stores in 31 states, primarily from Kansas to the East Coast.

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