The Clearwater Beach area of Pinellas has craft breweries in nearby Dunedin, Clearwater, and Saint Petersburg, but the tourist-favored beach looks to get a brewpub mere blocks from the shores.

From a recent article in The Clearwater Gazette:

Paul O’Renick of Clearwater Beach Brewing Company wants to open the brewery and restaurant. And Richard McKenna, president of the Mandalay Building Partnership that owns a retail store on the southeast corner of Mandalay Avenue and Baymont Street, wants to construct a new building for the venture.

Currently, the 64-year-old building at 499 Mandalay Ave. is the location of the Mandalay Surf Company, a one-stop shop for boarders established in 1979.

According to the application, Mandalay Building Partnership is seeking city approval to demolish the existing structure to make way for a 3,900-square-foot, two-story building, which by city standards is 75 percent of the building capacity for the .12 acre lot in the restaurant and retail district zone. The total value of the project upon completion is estimated at $2.5 million.

For more information, including blueprints of the proposed facility, see the original article.