Per Facebook, as @bkerins mentioned (the poster of this comment is identified as the manager):
A couple of things: a) the deal hasn’t gone through yet. The Wayne Apartments (Lava, Rocco’s, etc) are applying for historic protection status, if they get it the deal is off. B) Shortys has several years left on our lease and is not going anywhere short term. C) in the (somewhat likely) event that we do eventually have to move, the owner intends to relocate the bar to a different location. So none of this business journal shit is good news, but I wouldn’t say the sky is falling just yet.