CHICOPEE — Partners who have operated a cannabis company in California are moving forward to open a marijuana retail and cultivation business in a former Piels Brewery building in the city.
Revolution Greencare LLC. has applied to the City Council for a special permit to open the city’s third cannabis business at 30 Buckley Blvd. The company already has a host agreement with the city, signed by Richard J. Kos while he was mayor last year. They have also held required community meetings about the proposal.
The partners Adam Brady and David Peskin, who also owns Creative Chemicals in Holyoke, purchased the about 80,000 building and 1.9 acres of land which is zoned for industry in 2016 for $425,000, deed records show.
The building, which was most recently home to Building 52: Indoor Airsoft Arena, is now mostly being rented out for storage while the company is working through the permitting process, Brady said.
The company is hoping to begin the first phase of operations in a year if it can get approval from the state Cannabis Control Commission and the city. It will likely take another year to open the second phase of operations, Brady said.
Once it is completely open, Brady said his company plans to use between 50,000-60,000 square feet for cultivation and retail space and the rest of the building would be used for laboratories and offices. They would hire between 40-60 people full-time.
“We would like to improve that area and give some local people some jobs,” Brady said, adding the company plans to invest at least $12 million into the project.
They have applied for a special permit with the city and are asking for a waiver of a requirement that they plant a 100-foot buffer between the business, which is close to the road, and residential homes across the street. They have instead proposed to have a nine-foot buffer.
The City Council, which must approve the permit, voted last week to discuss the proposal further in subcommittee.
“It is a unique industrial zone district,” said Nathan Moreau, assistant planner. “It fits in with the building landscape. It is not a bad spot for it.”
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