Now that adult-use recreational cannabis is legal in New York State, plans to put a 70-acre ‘cannabis campus’ in South Buffalo are moving forward.
The multi-million dollar project has been in the works for years, and developers say Wednesday’s ‘landmark legislation’ will have an immediate impact on millions of New Yorkers.
“We are proposing a fully comprehensive cannabis campus at the Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park,” said CEO of Zephyr Partners, Brad Termini. “We envision that [it will have] multiple private cannabis companies operating there, cultivating cannabis, manufacturing cannabis.”
Termini said he would also like to use part of the site as a space for research and education on cannabis. This is also expected to bring hundreds of jobs to the area. “There’s a lot to be determined based on how the regulations play out; but full build-out we’re talking somewhere between 500 and 1,000 jobs,” Termini said.
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