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CARA Operations Limited has filed a statement of claim in the Court of Queen’s bench asking for over $470,000 in unpaid rent money from Barley Brothers Inc.

The Barley Brothers location, at 655 Empress St., was closed on Jan. 1, 2017. At the time, owners said the closure was part of a relocation strategy to bring craft beer to downtown Winnipeg, although no new location has opened since.

Filed March 19, the claim states Barley Brothers owes rent and additional costs in the amount of $474,719, based on a sublease dating from Aug. 15, 2013 and expiring March 30, 2019.

The claim says the lease required rent payable from Aug. 13, 2013 until March 31, 2014 to be in the annual amount of $29 per square foot on the 5,032 square foot location, or $145,928 per year, plus GST. The rent payable from April 1, 2014, until March 30, 2019 was to be in the annual amount of $31 per square foot, or $155,992 per year, plus applicable GST, the claim added.

In addition, the defendant would be required to pay all other rents, charges, fees, assessments and other amounts due in the lease.

None of the claim’s allegations has been proven in court. Barley Brothers has not yet filed a statement of defence.

TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES The claim states Barley Brothers owes rent and additional costs in the amount of $474,719.