If all goes as planned during final discussions between Flying Dog Brewery and the City of Frederick this month, the Maryland craft beer company will be headed toward a massive expansion in the next few years.

The Frederick News-Post reports that the brewery is planning to finalize a $2.55-million purchase of 31 acres of the city’s land near Frederick Municipal Airport by the end of December. On that property, Flying Dog is planning to invest $50 million into a 150,000-square-foot facility that would expand its production capacity from 100,000 barrels per year to 700,000 barrels, creating 150 new jobs in the process. It would open by mid-2020 if all negotiations go as planned, Flying Dog Brewery CEO Jim Caruso told the newspaper.

The city’s Board of Aldermen signed off on an agreement for the purchase of the land last year, but there are a few contingencies that still need to be agreed upon before the sale is made final. One of those is that the new factory wouldn’t mess with airport or airwave operations, given its proximity to the airport.

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