The former site of Lansing's Pro Bowl is under construction with big plans to grow, process and sell cannabis.
The company behind the operation, PG Manufacturing, already has licenses to grow medical cannabis and is angling for approval to grow hundreds, or potentially thousands, of plants for recreational use.
Applications are pending through the city to open a recreational cannabis processor and a recreational cannabis retailer at the same location, 2122 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Construction crews were at the former Pro Bowl site Thursday near Gregory's Soul Food restaurant. The northwest Lansing property has six conditional recreational grow licenses from the city of Lansing. It still needs approval from state regulators to become fully licensed.
A single grow license allows a business to cultivate between 100 and 2,000 plants. By 2021, Lansing could license up to 55 grow facilities throughout the city.
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