Some Key Avondale Commercial Properties - Including Avondale Brewery - Change Ownership

BIRMINGHAM, AL - One of the neighborhoods that has played a significant role in the resurgence of Birmingham's urban areas is undergoing some ownership changes. Avondale, which has become a hot spot for commercial and residential real estate in the last five years, was build up largely due to the success of a handful of new business that opened in the neighborhood around 2010. One of those businesses, Avondale Brewery, has been sold, along with several others owned by Coby Lake.

Avondale Brewery, Post Office Pies, Saw's Soul Kitchen, Avondale Common House, Wasabi Juan's and The Sour Room were all purchased by Orchestra Partners, according to a report from the Birmingham Business Journal. Avondale Brewing Company, LLC was also included in the transaction, which has been purchased by Good People Brewing Co. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Birmingham Patch morning newsletter.)

Lake has plans now to transform downtown Trussville in a similar manner. Lake said he plans to open a craft brewery in downtown Trussville, in addition to similar business he held in Avondale. “I didn’t want competing breweries,” Lake told the Trussville Tribune. “I want to have something authentic and unique to Trussville Downtown, something that the people of Trussville can call their own.”

Lake's partner, Chris Donaldson, who was involved in Lake's transpormation of Avondale, will also be involved with Lake’s plans in downtown Trussville. “I’m reinvesting in Trussville,” Donaldson said in a repirt by the Trussville Tribune. “That’s where we can now focus all of our energy and effort. It’s a good thing for everyone.”

In addition to the craft beer brewery Lake plans in Trussville, Melt has announced that they will open a second location downtown. Trussville Common House, a concept similar to Avondale Common House, will also be coming to downtown Trussville on Morrow Avenue.

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