City Brewery Co. is expanding its warehouse space at the former Sony Corp. plant outside New Stanton and will add more than 20 jobs at the site, the Regional Industrial Development Corp. of Southwestern Pennsylvania said Wednesday.
The La Crosse, Wis.-based company brews beer at the former Latrobe Brewing Co. in Latrobe.
It is adding 111,500 square feet to its existing 255,587 square feet and extending its lease by 10 years to 2033 for the current and expanded space, RIDC said in a statement.
The expansion is scheduled to begin next month, with the RIDC improving the lighting, dock areas and electrical power. The RIDC did not release details of the lease agreement on the space at the 350-acre property, which is owned by Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority.
City Brewery had been using space at the 2.8 million-square-foot Westmoreland Innovation Center in East Huntingdon and Hempfield for about a year. It is now expanding its operation by more than 40% and doubling its lease, said Jason Rigone, Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corp. executive director.
Anita Hernandez, a spokeswoman for City Brewery, could not be reached for comment.
“City Brewery has made such significant strides in the growth of their business since they became a RIDC Westmoreland tenant,” RIDC President Donald F. Smith Jr. said.
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The Latrobe plant off Jefferson Street has a storage capacity of 300,000 cases of beer, as well as off-site options, according to the company’s website. The brewery once produced Rolling Rock beer.
It supplies co-packing and supply chain services to various customers. In addition to Latrobe, it has plants La Crosse, Memphis, Tenn., and Irwindale, Calif.
City Brewery was purchased by a group of investors, the company announced in March 2021. At that time, it was announced the new investment group was planning to pour about $630 million into the company.
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