Cautionary Tale about Getting Ahead of Inspections

Cal Coast News published an article detailing how City Inspectors shut down an event at the new SLO Brewing Event Center to begin SLO Beer Week.
You cannot host events, even small "investor" tastings, until all inspections are completed and your brewery is approved for occupancy of the public.
The most important consideration is this: once the inspectors get inside, they start looking at everything else. So now SLO Brewing has multiple red flags to deal with.
DON'T PUT THE BREWERY CART BEFORE THE INSPECTION HORSE.
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Cal Coast News SLO Brewing

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Article on handling the growth of a craft brewery

The website Craft Beer and Brewing at https://beerandbrewing.com just published this.
Beer and Brewing "Ages and Stages in a Craft Brewery Development"

Should help you understand how a brewery can handle growth.
Thanks Tom Wilmes and Craft Beer and Brewing.

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Mike Lanzarotta, NAI Capital Commercial Real Estate

Craft Brewery Real Estate Blog - http://craftbreweryrealestate.blogspot.com/

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"The Economics of Craft Beer" Article on smartasset.com

The smartasset.com website has an informative article on the Economics of Craft Beer.
Thanks smartasset!

Article here
https://smartasset.com/insights/the-economics-of-craft-beer

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Mike Lanzarotta, NAI Capital Commercial Real Estate

Craft Brewery Real Estate Blog - http://craftbreweryrealestate.blogspot.com/

Cell 626 826 5586    Direct 626 204 1509      mlanzarotta@naicapital.com

Crowdfunding for Craft Brewers

My good friends at Brewery Resources just sent out an email with a link to an article from their good friend Kathleen Minogue. She discusses the recent changes to security laws that allow breweries to raise capital from "unsecured investors", which most of us are.
Brewdog in Scotland is mentioned.
Please consult experts before attempting anything like this.


http://slowmoneysocal.org/blog-by-kathleen-minogue-equity-crowdfunding-for-the-99/


Brewery Resources is a great site for info on craft brewery vendors.
http://breweryresources.com/

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Mike Lanzarotta, NAI Capital Commercial Real Estate

Craft Brewery Real Estate Blog - http://craftbreweryrealestate.blogspot.com/

Cell 626 826 5586    Direct 626 204 1509      mlanzarotta@naicapital.com

"Craft Beer Pours into Commercial Real Estate" White Paper

Colliers International, the gigantic Commercial Real Estate Firm, had published a white paper on Craft Breweries and Real Estate:

http://www.colliers.com/-/media/files/marketresearch/unitedstates/2015-brewery-report/brewery-report-2015-10-28-optimized.pdf?la=en-us

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Mike Lanzarotta, NAI Capital Commercial Real Estate

Craft Brewery Real Estate Blog - http://craftbreweryrealestate.blogspot.com/

Cell 626 826 5586    Direct 626 204 1509      mlanzarotta@naicapital.com

Brewery Resources Interviews Mike Lanzarotta

A new website has interviewed me about Real Estate for Breweries:
Thanks Seth Rasmussen and Courtney Nelson of Brewery Resources.

http://breweryresources.com/2015/11/09/real-estate-for-breweries-interview-with-mike-lanzarotta/

Contact me if you want to open a craft brewery in Los Angeles or Orange County

Mike Lanzarotta, NAI Capital Commercial Real Estate

Craft Brewery Real Estate Blog - http://craftbreweryrealestate.blogspot.com/

Cell 626 826 5586    Direct 626 204 1509      mlanzarotta@naicapital.com

Craft Brewing Business article about Historic Success rates for Breweries

Here is yet another informative article from www.CraftBrewingBusiness.com
As always, take any prognostication trying to predict the future with a grain of salt.


http://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/business-marketing/historic-success-rates-brewing-abnormal-beer-announces-1-million-expansion-six-months-makes-us-muse/

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Mike Lanzarotta, NAI Capital Commercial Real Estate

Craft Brewery Real Estate Blog - http://craftbreweryrealestate.blogspot.com/

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"Craft Brewing Business" blog with an informative article on dealing with capital for expansion

Another great article on "Craft Brewing Business"


http://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/business-marketing/craft-beer-capital-strategies-expansion-distribution-profitability/

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Mike Lanzarotta, NAI Capital Commercial Real Estate

Craft Brewery Real Estate Blog - http://craftbreweryrealestate.blogspot.com/

Cell 626 826 5586    Direct 626 204 1509      mlanzarotta@naicapital.com

Good info on abandoned buildings converting to breweries

An informative article at Craft Brewing Business on converting buildings to breweries.


http://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/business-marketing/repurposing-real-estate-abandoned-building-next-brewery/

Contact me if you want to open a craft brewery in Los Angeles or Orange County

Mike Lanzarotta, NAI Capital Commercial Real Estate

Craft Brewery Real Estate Blog - http://craftbreweryrealestate.blogspot.com/

Cell 626 826 5586    Direct 626 204 1509      mlanzarotta@naicapital.com

Full text of Beer Paper LA Article about me

Here is the complete article from the March 2015 Beer Paper LA:

Thanks again Tom Carroll

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Mike Lanzarotta, NAI Capital Commercial Real Estate

Craft Brewery Real Estate Blog - http://craftbreweryrealestate.blogspot.com/

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