The News and Observer Publishing Co. announced the sale of its Franklin Street headquarters for its Chapel Hill News and Durham News newspapers to Scott Maitland. Maitland, owner of Top of the Hill restaurant and brewery plans to turn the former press room into a liquor distillery.
He paid $2.15 million for the 0.8-acre site, which includes about 10,000 square feet of office space and 10,000 square feet of warehouse space. Maitland will lease office space to the N&O for its western Triangle news and advertising staff.