USA, OH: Barley’s Brewing is expanding to the Keyes Plumbing site

One of Columbus’ most-established brewers is ready for an expansion that could quadruple its capacity and bring new life to an industrial property near the North Market, Columbus Business First reported on March 23.

Barley’s Brewing Co. hopes to set up a new brewing operation inside the former Keyes Plumbing building, a 9,900-square-foot former warehouse near the North Market.

“It’s getting close. It’s getting real,” said Jason Fabian, the general manager.

The property, owned by developer Mo Dioun’s Finance Two LLC affiliate, was scheduled to go before the Downtown Commission on Tuesday, March 24, seeking approval for a $600,000 renovation from a warehouse to a brewery. Dioun said despite the Downtown Commission’s application, a deal with Barley’s remains incomplete.

“Nothing is final right now,” he said. “We don’t have any leases signed,” Dioun said the tentative deal calls for Barley’s to take the first level of the two- and three-story complex.

“We want to keep that innovation happening at 467 North High,” he said.

A larger brewery, however, will enable the restaurant to keep its own 23-year-old brewpub supplied and allow it to expand more throughout the market.

27 March, 2015