Detroit’s not so red-hot cannabis real estate market September 6, 2023 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments The once-fiery real estate market for cannabis businesses in Detroit now appears to be stagnating. Why it matters: The local market's challenges with low product prices and narrow margins for profitability have also been shown via major financial failures like pot company Skymint, which went into… Read More→
Detroit receives 90 applications for 60 available marijuana licenses, including retail October 20, 2022 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments The city of Detroit received 90 applications for the 60 recreational marijuana licenses available in the first round, which include licenses for dispensaries, microbusinesses and consumption lounges. Fifty non-equity and 40 equity applications were submitted by the deadline of Oct.… Read More→
The Unintended Consequence of Trying to Give Black Marijuana Entrepreneurs a Head Start June 18, 2022 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments The city’s effort to create a cannabis industry that mirrors — and benefits — its majority Black population has led to lawsuits and a collapsing marketplace. Meanwhile, the rest of the state thrives. DETROIT — In February 2021, after four… Read More→
Eaze launches in Detroit, bringing more recreational marijuana delivery options to the city November 19, 2021 AggregatedNews Delivery Service 0 Comments Marijuana consumers in Detroit now have another way to get pot delivered to their door with the launch of Eaze, one of the nation's largest cannabis delivery services. Eaze, the San Francisco-based online ordering platform that recently expanded to Ann Arbor and Grand… Read More→
Michigan Marijuana Proposals Head to the Ballot October 11, 2017 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments The latest fight over marijuana in Detroit hits the polls on Nov. 7. On an otherwise pretty spare ballot there will be two questions put to voters that arrived via petition initiatives run by a group called Citizens for Sensible… Read More→
Detroit Plans to Shut Down Noncompliant Medical Dispensaries By Year’s End June 20, 2016 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments Detroit Corporate Counsel Melvin "Butch" Hollowell said he expects to complete in December the process of shutting down the city's medical marijuana dispensaries that do not comply with the zoning ordinance. "I do believe we'll get through the entire process… Read More→
More Than 80 Apply to Operate Marijuana Dispensaries in Detroit March 2, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Companies like Dank House, Motown Meds and Your Grass Station were among 82 businesses that applied to operate medical marijuana shops in Detroit on Tuesday, when the city’s new marijuana regulations went into effect. Of the first 79 businesses that applied for… Read More→
Detroit Council Passes Zoning Ordinance to Regulate Medical Marijuana Dispensaries December 18, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments After more than four hours of legal and council discussion and dozens of city resident comments, the Detroit City Council on Thursday evening approved by a vote of 6-1 a zoning ordinance that experts say could close up to half… Read More→
Pastors Are Lobbying to Close All Detroit Marijuana Dispensaries December 15, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments Some Detroit pastors are on a mission to wipe out weed dispensaries in the city. They say they have had enough of the smell, the addition crime and what it’s doing to Detroit's youth. That is why the Detroit Coalition… Read More→
Detroit May Crack Down on Booming Medical Marijuana Businesses November 20, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Detroit City Council is expected take up a second ordinance to regulate the city's booming medical marijuana industry on Tuesday, although final approval of the measure may not come until January. The council's planning and economic development committee on… Read More→
Detroit Residents Turn Out to Call For Crackdown on Marijuana Dispensaries October 30, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments Concerned Detroiters spoke out against medical marijuana shops at a public hearing Thursday night and pleaded with city officials to implement new regulations to stifle the industry's growth. "There's some way we have to control it because this is like an… Read More→
Detroit City Council Passes New Rules For Marijuana Dispensaries October 14, 2015 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments The Detroit City Council Tuesday approved a set of licensing regulations for the city's booming medical marijuana industry. A separate set of zoning rules about where the pot shops can operate in the city is still being discussed. Councilman James Tate said… Read More→
Believe It or Not, Detroit Now Home to Nearly 150 Marijuana Dispensaries October 7, 2015 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments A new report pegs the number of marijuana dispensaries in Detroit at 148, a figure exceeding previous estimates of how many weed shops are in the city. Prior to the report's release, Detroit public officials could not say how many dispensaries there are, partly… Read More→
Drive-Thru Medical Marijuana Shops Fuel Concerns in Detroit September 14, 2015 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal 0 Comments DETROIT — With some medical-marijuana stores in Detroit now offering drive-through purchasing, the city's marketplace for medical pot has spiraled out of control and needs to be regulated, Mayor Mike Duggan said. Dozens of dispensaries line 8 Mile and other… Read More→