Craft Kettle, a local microbrewery supplier with an eye on expansion, purchased the 71,196-square-foot Mid-City warehouse and industrial complex that dominates the square block bounded by North Alexander, Bienville, North Murat and Conti streets, Stepanie Riegel reports on NOLA.com.

Hooley Inc., a nearly 120-year-old sheet-metal company, sold the complex for $3.1 million and will remain in the building, Riegel reports. Craft Kettle, currently Uptown on Tchoupitoulas Street, will occupy 10,000 square feet, where it plans to expand to develop its own line of beers and eventually open a brewery.

By Claire Byun cbyun@nolamessenger.com A local entrepreneur working to erase the lines of inequality spent last month as one of the honorees of a Black History Month program. Aaron Walker, CEO of Camelback Ventures, was named a nominee for Allstate’s “Worth Telling” program, which highlights African-Americans around the country working to improve communities. Walker was Read More…

By Claire Byun Special to Mid-City Messenger A local contractor is hoping to turn two separate properties into a row of five town homes, but a neighborhood organization officially opposed his ordinance change. The Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association voted against a zoning change on a Sauvage Street property, which developers hope to turn into Read More…

The New Orleans City Planning Commission is divided over whether or not to allow a Treme grocery near the Lafitte Greenway sell alcohol for off-premises consumption. The decision goes before New Orleans City Council on Thursday. The property in question is located on 432 N. Galvez St., along the Lafitte Corridor. The building, which is Read More…

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