Mill Street Brewery, a staple of Toronto's craft beer industry, is marking a significant shift in its production operations due to skyrocketing industrial lease rates. Thanks to these rising costs, the brewery's primary production facility will be moving from its longstanding location at 125 Bermondsey Rd. in North York to a much larger plant in London, Ontario.Labatt, which purchased Mill Street Brewery in 2015, confirmed the closure of the North York facility to the Star and announced that production will now be handled at its massive London brewery. The move comes after Mill Street's 10-year lease expired, with Labatt opting not to renew it. "Industrial lease rates in North York have increased substantially, and we have existing capacity within our Ontario brewing network," a Labatt spokesperson told the Star. While this marks the end of Mill Street's production in North York, the brewery's three brewpubs will continue their operations, including location...
Mill Street Brewery is moving its primary production facility from North York, Toronto, to Labatt's larger brewery in London, Ontario, due to rising industrial lease rates. This closure will result in 39 job losses, but Mill Street's brewpubs will remain open.
