To answer my opinion to those comments ...yes timing is odd. Not sure if you would call this rumor or speculation but from an employee that had worked there they had been struggling to stay open with money , government and landlord issues and just make a deal with the owners of District 721 that burned down. They also had lots of issues with Gov and the neighborhood because of very loud music late at night and no parking. So now partners that don't care about anything but making money. As one that loves and stays on Simpson Bay and in Beacon Hill we know these owners history and know the type off crowd they like to attract. Kind of an alarm bell as what could be coming. The employee doubts they have proper Gov permission which is speculation but chances are true. We stay in BSV from time to time so know they will have that new Dingy Bar and now the new Karakter in the middle and a good chance blasting music until very late. Nice that they are remolding as long as they respect the neighborhood and all the parking problems and it does NOT turn into a nightly wild loud late RAVE party. Otherwise they can expect more problems from Government. We are on Island for another week....Lets see how far they get and see what is really happening.