The owner of a University Avenue property that once housed Rochester’s only craft distillery is suing over unpaid rent and damages.
Once a site of one of the largest production distilleries in New York, the space has since been gutted. The lawsuit claims the new owner, American Craft Distillers, ripped out the most portable and valuable equipment, causing material and structural damage, and left behind the more cumbersome and less valuable items.
“A potential tenant wishes to enter into a long-term lease for the premises but will not do so unless defendants remove their equipment within ninety days,” the complaint reads…