Jeff Ammons has landed a pizza place for The Factory, the old sweeper plant that Ammons turned into a retail and entertainment destination. The Factory, which is on U.S. 1 near Capital Boulevard, will get a Vincent's Pizza, the well-known North Raleigh slice-and-pitcher joint that succumbed to fire at its original location in Tarrymore Square.

Vincent Barresi, the owner of Vincent's, is also one of the owners of the Restaurant Savannah, the North Hills eatery.

Barresi also has opened another Vincent's on Creedmoor Road.

According to property managers at The Factory, Vincent's will open this summer. For more information, go to www.eatshopplay.com.

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At last, the Crabtree Valley Mall Apple store is official -- at least as far as the mall's Web site is concerned.

Of course, anyone walking the mall's second floor would have been hard-pressed to miss the giant black monolithic cover over the storefront.

It looked an awful lot like the thing from "2001: A Space Odyssey," except for the giant white Apple logo plastered on the front.

Crabtree Valley Mall is at the intersection of Glenwood Avenue and Interstate 440.

For more information, visit the mall's Web site at www.crabtree-valley-mall.com.

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Porto, the upscale North Hills furniture store, has raised $6,150 for the environmental group Partnership and Technology for Sustainability.

The nonprofit organization promotes noninvasive methods of furniture making.

The funds are being raised through the store's ongoing, "Porto Presents" series, the most recent event, which took place May 6, included live music.