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Developers have nixed plans to operate a brewery on Brookland Park Boulevard in Richmond’s North Side, citing costs of the project.

Brandon Tolbert, formerly the head brewer at The Answer Brewpub in Henrico County, and longtime restaurant industry worker and manager Chris Campanella had proposed developing Safety Team Brewing Co. at the site of a former car wash at 310 W. Brookland Park Blvd.

They were working with the owner of the property, Cory Weiner of CW Performance Group LLC, on the project, which received a special use permit from the city in October.

A post on the Safety Team Brewing Co. Facebook page Tuesday said the project was off.

“Unfortunately, after a deeper financial analysis, we will be unable to move forward with construction of the brewery on Brookland Park Boulevard. We knew that this might be a possibility from the outset, but there was just no way for us to have a complete understanding of the costs associated with ground up construction in this location without going through the Special Use Permitting process. We are sorry to have gotten your hopes up,” the Facebook post said.

The post thanked the city of Richmond, Weiner and the Brookland Park neighborhood for their support.