TaMaryn Waters | Tallahassee Democrat

Proof Brewing Company is leaving Railroad Square for a south-side property that allows Tallahassee's first and largest brewery to boost its production capacity fivefold.

It's moving quarter of a mile away into the former Coca-Cola bottling plant at 1320 S. Monroe St. Built in 1948, the vacant facility allows Proof Brewing to expand production from 6,000 to 30,000 barrels per year and qualify for business incentives.

Owners Byron Burroughs, 47, and Angela Burroughs, 42, opened the Railroad Square location in 2012. Renovations to the Coca-Cola building begin this month and are slated to be completed by year end or early 2019.

Now, Proof Brewing is starting with a blank slate.

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Inside the gray-colored building on Monday, the couple stood in the cavernous space set to be theat Railroad Square Art Park.

"We are currently in the process of looking into multiple options for how the building will be used after Proof relocates," said Lily Boynton Kaye, one of the park's owners. "Although the exact usage is not yet determined, we have some exciting possibilities in mind and intend for there to continue to be an outdoor seating area, hopefully larger and with expanded options for both food and beverage."

The South Monroe Street location is the second site where Coca-Cola once operated. It originally occupied a bottling plant in what is now the All Saints District.

On March 1, Proof owners gained title of its new building from DoubleTree Hotel owner and entrepreneur J.T. Burnette in a $960,000 land swap. In exchange, Burnette received the Whiskey House