Collide Factory Was Evicted After Rent Dispute

Just a week ago, Fort Lauderdale art and music space the Collide Factory shuttered its doors in FAT Village for good. Not a happy moment for local artists, and especially Collide Brand Partners' Travis Webster.A bit of the Collide Factory's downfall is detailed in Stefan Kamph's cover story encircling FAT...

By Reed Fischer

April 22, 2011

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Just a week ago, Fort Lauderdale art and music space the Collide Factory shuttered its doors in FAT Village for good. Not a happy moment for local artists, and especially Collide Brand Partners' Travis Webster.

A bit of the Collide Factory's downfall is detailed in Stefan Kamph's cover story encircling FAT Village's current state, and even more details emerge in his reporting today.

It seems there was a huge rent dispute going on between Webster and the warehouse's owner, Doug McCraw.

McCraw says the reason for the eviction was simple. "He never paid

his rent," says McCraw, adding that "I wanted to see him make it."

Webster

says the property value has "gone way up" because of the improvements

that he and his friends put into the space (polished floor, indoor

shipping containers, air conditioning), and that now it "makes sense for

the landlord to rent it at a higher rate. He's evicting us."

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