Victoria’s small-batch growers of cannabis will soon have a home to get a head start in the business.
The owners of the 50-acre Sooke Industrial Park have carved out just under a third of the land to establish buildings that will house both micro-cultivators and a production facility.
It is called the B.C. Canna Park and it is already zoned for cannabis growing and production, with the necessary power supply, security and a partnership with the landlord for packaging and marketing.
“As that market started maturing, we noticed there really was nowhere for micro-growers to go and they will have a hard time getting into the marketplace without zoning,” said Ian Laing, who along with partner Mike Forbes directs B.C. Canna Park and Specialty Medijuana Products, a licensed cultivator that also grows and produces on site.
The facility will offer growers the chance to design their own grow space. The first phase is a six-unit building that will provide about 4,500 square feet to each grower.
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