What do you do with a building near downtown in disrepair? Here’s one brew related idea- The Professor
Written by Jeff Beach for bizlex.com
The West Sixth Brewing Co. has purchased what will be The Bread Box, the mixed-used development in the former Rainbo Bread factory at the corner of Sixth Street and Jefferson Street.
The craft brewery will anchor the 90,000 square-foot development, which has three tenants already lined up:
◦ Cricket Press, which designs and prints posters and other products. Much of its work is for music events and arts shows.
◦ Food Chain, a new non-profit focusing on urban farming. It will grow greens and tilapia fish in The Bread Box as part of a “vertical farm.”
◦ The Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop, a non-profit bike repair organization. It will be able to take advantage of the Legacy Trail, which when extended, will run across the back of The Bread Box property. Broke Spoke will use 2,500 square feet of the building.
The brewing company will begin producing beer in the spring. While they are still in product development, founding partner Ben Self said there will be “more than a handful” of high-quality hand-crafted beer varieties from the brewery which also will have a tasting room.
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