{"id":10071,"date":"2021-09-03T22:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T03:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/?p=10071"},"modified":"2021-09-03T22:08:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T03:08:51","slug":"cresco-labs-acquires-cultivate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2021\/09\/03\/business\/cresco-labs-acquires-cultivate\/","title":{"rendered":"Cresco Labs Acquires Cultivate, Rt. 9 Framingham Cannabis Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210903-cultivate-interior-cresco.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10072\" width=\"330\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210903-cultivate-interior-cresco.jpg 907w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210903-cultivate-interior-cresco-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210903-cultivate-interior-cresco-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210903-cultivate-interior-cresco-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210903-cultivate-interior-cresco-175x105.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><figcaption>Interior view of Cultivate marijuana dispensary.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA<\/strong> -- Cresco Labs Inc. (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"CRLBF\" target=\"_blank\">OTC:CRLBF<\/a>), today (September 3, 2021) announced they have finalized and closed the previously announced acquisition of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/info\/marijuana_dispensaries\/cultivate.htm\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/info\/marijuana_dispensaries\/cultivate.htm\">Cultivate<\/a><\/strong> which operates a recreational cannabis shop on Rt. 9 in Framingham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cultivate also operates two others pot shops in MA, one in Leicester and another in Worcester and also offers delivery.  In addition, Cultivate is a Licensed MA Cannabis Cultivator with approximately 42,000 square feet of active flowering grow space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cresco also grows some weed.  The acquisition brings Cresco's in-state (MA) grow space to approximately 64,000 square feet and includes space available to further expand cultivation capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe closing today constitutes another important step for Cresco Labs as we deepen our presence in large, attractive states like Massachusetts and increasingly tailor and strengthen our state-level strategies to optimize growth and profitability,<\/em>\u201d said Charlie Bachtell, CEO and Co-Founder of Cresco Labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Massachusetts is the largest adult use cannabis market in the northeastern US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cresco Labs Inc. is the number one U.S. wholesaler of branded cannabis products including brands: <em>Cresco, High Supply, Mindy's Edibles, Good News, Remedi, Wonder Wellness Co. <\/em>and <em>FloraCal Farms<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cresco operates about thirty of its \"<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sunnyside.shop\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sunnyside.shop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunnyside<\/a>\" brand cannabis shops in seven states including; Massachusetts <em>(1, in Fall River)<\/em>, Arizona <em>(1)<\/em>, Florida <em>(9)<\/em>, Illinois <em>(5)<\/em>, New York <em>(4)<\/em>, Ohio <em>(5)<\/em>, and Pennsylvania <em>(4)<\/em>.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Cresco Labs Inc, press release.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA &#8212; Cresco Labs Inc. (OTC:CRLBF), today (September 3, 2021) announced they have finalized and closed the previously announced acquisition of Cultivate which operates a recreational cannabis shop on Rt. 9 in Framingham. Cultivate also operates two others pot shops in MA, one in Leicester and another in Worcester and also offers delivery. In addition, Cultivate&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2021\/09\/03\/business\/cresco-labs-acquires-cultivate\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4800,3937,4795,4796,4799,4793,4794,4797,3938,4798],"class_list":["post-10071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-acquisition","tag-cannabis","tag-cresco","tag-cresco-labs","tag-crlbf","tag-cultivate-framingham","tag-framingham-cultivate","tag-legal-weed","tag-marijuana","tag-recreational-cannabis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10071"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10074,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071\/revisions\/10074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}