Looks like our pal Artie Tafoya is working on a project to expand the Cameron St facility in Harrisburg, but not without the city’s help. This from PennLive:
Appalachian Brewing Co. says it’s bursting at the seams and needs to expand its current location on Cameron Street. But to do so, it will need the help of the city because Harrisburg owns the two abandoned buildings that the brewery has its eye on, just south of its current location.
Last week, brewery officials met with Mayor Linda Thompson and made their pitch to acquire the land at 38-40 N. Cameron St. for a $500,000 to $600,000 warehouse that would house bottling and packaging materials for its 6,000-barrel-a-year brewery.
CREDC is also involved in the project. But there are snags.
Most importantly is the estimated $300,000 cost to demolish the existing, deteriorating structures and prepare the site for development.
Appalachian Brewing CEO Jack Sproch said the land isn’t worth the cost of demolition, which is why the company is looking to the city and CREDC to come up with a plan and grant funding for preparing the site so the company can build the warehouse.
“Those old buildings are upside down in terms of cost,” Sproch said. “It would cost more to remove them than the land is worth. If it was just the price of the land, I’d be happy to pay the market value for the land.”
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