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Title: WareTranz bringing life back to old Jax Beer brewery
Post by: Metro Jacksonville on December 22, 2016, 06:05:01 AM
WareTranz bringing life back to old Jax Beer brewery

(http://photos.moderncities.com/Cities/Jacksonville/Business/WareTranz-Jax-Beer-Brewery/i-PMcGtsJ/0/L/WareTranz-5-L.jpg)

A look inside the last brewery built in the country before Prohibition and one local entrepreneur's plans to create jobs and economic activity in the inner city by bringing it back online.

Read More: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2016-dec-waretranz-bringing-life-back-to-old-jax-beer-brewery-
Title: Re: WareTranz bringing life back to old Jax Beer brewery
Post by: thelakelander on December 22, 2016, 02:15:54 PM
Here's a map of the site's development between 1914 and 1982. It also includes what each building was originally built to house:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Cities/Jacksonville/History/Jax-Brewing-Company/i-ZbQPHJw/0/X2/Jax%20Brewing%20Company%20Expansion%20Map-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: WareTranz bringing life back to old Jax Beer brewery
Post by: Tacachale on December 23, 2016, 01:26:24 PM
So what is WareTranz exactly? A cold storage company or something else?
Title: Re: WareTranz bringing life back to old Jax Beer brewery
Post by: thelakelander on December 23, 2016, 04:23:33 PM
^It's a logistics company (https://www.waretranz.com/) that plans to use the old brewery for a host of uses for clients and tenants:

QuoteFrozen Storage

Refrigerated Storage

Dry Storage 

Cold Storage

Order Selection

Cross Docking 

Blast Freezing

Rail to Dock 

Distribution

Transportation

Container Storage

Overnight Parking

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