Brix wine bar to close, relocate to New Center

Brix Wine & Charcuterie Boutique is uprooting its wine bar in Detroit's West Village neighborhood and moving to New Center.

Owner Mikiah Westbrook plans to reopen in the neighborhood north of Midtown in early 2019, she announced last week in a Facebook post.

She'll close the 40-seat bar and lounge in the former bank building at 7968 Kercheval Ave. at the end of the month, after opening around a year ago. The post alludes to difficulties with its landlord, Banyan Investments LLC, also of the Stone Soap building redevelopment.

Westbrook didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

Another of Banyan's tenants in the West Village bank building, Detroit Body Garage, is leaving next year. That decision was made to accommodate growth, said the gym operation's owner, Terra Castro.