By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer, Tampa Bay Business Journal
D.G. Yuengling & Son is moving forward with a redevelopment of its Tampa brewery — though plans to add a hotel to the property are on hold.
The Pottsville, Pennsylvania brewery held a “ceremonial” groundbreaking on Monday. Actual construction is slated to begin next month, said Jen Yuengling, the brewery’s vice president of operations.
The Yuengling family acquired the Tampa brewery in 1999. The redevelopment comes as business and civic leaders try to rouse private sector interest in the area around the University of South Florida. Yuengling said that the brewery has been a partner to USF for years, from the naming rights of the former Sundome to funding scholarships for the brewery arts program at the St. Petersburg campus.
“I think this is just the next step in that relationship,” she said.
Yuengling declined to disclose a total investment in the project or construction costs on the first phase.
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