Opening a Microbrewery? Look for a Building With These FeaturesMicrobreweries are labors of love for their owners, and finding the right building to work out of is important. Despite the name, the building that houses your microbrewery needs to be anything but micro in order to ensure there’s enough room to make beer properly.
It’s an old adage for a reason: Location, location, location. Your location needs to be easily accessible for both customers and delivery trucks and should have an area to make loading and unloading easy. Buildings right on major roads are fantastic, but often have a price tag to match their locale. For this reason, a location one block off the main road is a good choice- the price is generally lower, and it’s still highly visible, particularly if you invest in an interesting facade and good signs.
Doors are an important component of a microbrewery, as much of the equipment you’ll need is large and bulky. If the doors in your intended building aren’t large enough, you won’t be able to get everything you need in, which is a problem for obvious reasons. You’ll also want to look for high ceilings, as brewery equipment is usually tall.
Drains have to be in place in a brewery, and if you can find a building that has drains installed already you’ll be one step ahead. If not, you absolutely have to find a building that will allow you to do some construction in order to bring it up to snuff.
Additionally, the flooring type is important. Brewing involves temperature changes, humidity, and occasional impact shocks. Good composite flooring can withstand these changes, while hardwood or basic concrete may not be able to. If you can find a building that already has a good composite flooring will save you money because you will not have to make as many changes.
Finally, look at the potential for growth. Because you’ll likely spend a lot of money on improvements to the building you choose, it is wise to pick a place that has enough room for you to expand but is not so large that you have lots of unused space to begin with. Choose a store that will work for you now and later.

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This is the price for one lot. Total of three contiguous, commercial dry lots at the end of 20th St. Oceanside. Big bonus, each lot includes a deeded and assigned deep water wet slip! Each lot may be purchased individually or together. Each lot is 94.5' wide by 110' deep and has its own water & electric meters. Three addresses are 351 20th St. Ocean, 361 20th St. Ocean and 371 20th St. Ocean as the end lot. Each lot is part of a Fisherman's Pointe HOA with fees of $1,200 per year per lot. Lots are currently being used by Fisherman for trap repair and storage. Favorable Mixed Use- Maritime Zoning allows for many commercial uses.The MU-M zoning district is intended to establish areas suitable for uses which are essential to the commercial maritime industry, including sales and service of fishing equipment and supplies, seafood processing, fishing equipment manufacture and treatment, boat storage, restaurants, retail and affordable housing residential uses.The MU district is designated within the Mixed-use Commercial (MUC) future land use category on the Future Land Use Map (FLUM). $799,900 Active

371 20Th Street MARATHON, Florida

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