A Columbus-based realty company has proposed turning the city’s historic Pump House into a restaurant, possibly to house a Bloomington-based brewery.
Moravec Realty LLC has made an offer to the city for the building and is proposing that it be operated by Upland Brewing Co., which has a brewpub and beer bar in Bloomington, along with tap houses in Carmel and in the Broad Ripple area of Indianapolis.
Developer Tony Moravec, who owns several local businesses in Columbus, including two restaurants, said that while Upland is his company’s preferred tenant, there are several steps which must occur first. If or when sale of the Pump House property becomes final, Moravec said the Upland board of directors would then discuss the opportunity and vote on becoming the tenant… CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT THE REPUBLIC
By Megan Banta of The Republic

