REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Tupps Brewery expansion in east McKinney to bring new features
BY SHELBIE HAMILTON
supply chain issues, Lewis said. “Some prices went up, [and] lead times went out. Getting equipment from our vendors, the time frame lengthened,” Lewis said. “Our brew house was manufactured in China, and that was a beating getting that over here.” The brewery is relocating from its site at The Cotton Mill. The new location, at the corner of Greenville Street and Dungan Street, will be more than three times larger than its existing space. The expanded production capabili- ties and new equipment will allow the brewery to make twice the amount of beer with the same amount of people, Lewis said. “We wanted to make sure that this is our forever home. That brewhouse is, like, three, maybe even four times the size of our current [location],” Lewis said.
Keith Lewis said he is looking to bring the fun to east McKinney as he prepares to open the rst phase of Tupps Brewery’s new site in the coming months. Construction on the site has been underway for over a year, and after facing delays, the brewhouse on the southern end of the property is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2023, followed by the rest of the site in the third quarter of the year, Lewis said. The multi-million dollar project, partially funded with $13.1 million in grants, is the product of a partnership between Tupps Brewery and the city to create a unique destination and catalyst for development on the city’s east side. Construction on the site kicked o in January 2022 and was originally expected to be completed in late 2022, but it was delayed by global
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The rst phase of Tupps Brewery’s new site will open in the second quarter of 2023.
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A NEW LOCATION Tupps is relocating from its site at A The Cotton Mill to the corner of B Greenville Street and Dugan Street. 45,000 square feet 2,600
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The site was once a grain store- house, and Lewis is aiming to retain as much of the character of the site as possible. Much of the steel and other materials removed during the demoli- tion phase were kept and are expected to be reused on the site, Lewis said. The property has also become
home to materials sourced around McKinney, including cement blocks that were relocated from the former ice house site where the new city hall is being built, Lewis said. “That’s what we’re trying to do, trying to maintain the things that were in McKinney,” he said.
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