An Ottawa-area cannabis company has found a suitable plot of land for its growing operations just outside of Perth.
NordikLeaf announced Thursday it has secured a 25-acre plot of land with an existing 41,000-square-foot building on-site. The facility was previously used in food production, says the firm’s CEO James Mackenzie, which makes it well-suited for conversion into a cannabis grow-op.
The company plans to increase the existing facility to a full 50,000 square feet for production, with construction on the expansion and fit-ups slated to begin later this summer. The firm has already applied to Health Canada for a cannabis cultivation licence, Mackenzie says.
NordikLeaf had previously been eyeing a site closer to urban Ottawa, but Mackenzie says discussions between the numerous parties “became too cumbersome” and it would have taken too long to get a deal in place.
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