7 Brew is coming to Shelbyville.

The drive-thru coffee business will replace the former Rally’s fast food restaurant at 2424 E. State Road 44 later this year.

7 Brew’s site development plan was approved Monday at a special Plan Commission meeting at City Hall. The Arkansas-based company will demolish the Rally’s building and construct a new 533-foot structure that will have two drive-thru lanes on the west side of the building and a walk-up window for service.

7 Brew is expanding to the Indianapolis metropolitan area and expects to have its Shelbyville location open by the end of the calendar year.

For more on 7 Brew, go to www.7brew.com.

In other Plan Commission business Monday, the site development plan for The Plant, a mixed-use development project at the site of the former Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, 405 N. Harrison St. in Shelbyville, was approved.

For more on the project, go to https://shelbycountypost.com/local-news/641007

The main building along N. Harrison St. will be refurbished with the goal of a restaurant or brewery occupying the space. Offices and lounge space will be located in the rear of the existing building. A 168-unit apartment complex will rise behind the main building with ground floor parking and access to nearby trails.

Funding is in place for the project, according to a Sam Rogers of Birge & Held, the project developer.

The timeline to start construction is later this year.