When my supplier partner as well as I looked for a new property for our cannabis shop, the two of us hired a realtor, then it was easier to hire a realtor than to look at 100 commercial spaces at the same time, and the realtor helped us narrowdown our chances to a few locales, but a few weeks ago, the two of us signed a lease on a 2000 square foot retail shop with an choice to renew the lease at the same price after 5 years.
- The deal was perfect for the more than one of us as well as the two of us signed on the dotted line… Unblessedly, the realtor did not consider everything when she set us up with the property.
The property is too close to an elementary college to house a cannabis dispensary. The neighborhood as well as town ordinance states that cannabis dispensaries must be more than 1,000 ft away from any college with children under the age of 16. The distance from the front door of the cannabis dispensary to the public college was 989 feet. I tried to reason with the neighborhood council members, however they did not want to budge on the rule. I spoke with the realtor about the problem when it first occurred as well as she promised that she could get myself and others out of the lease if the town would not change their mind, but she made good on that promise, however the two of us still had to find another location for our business, and opening the retail cannabis shop was delayed by more than one weeks because of the old as well as crazy rules of the city, then luckily, the two of us found another suitable space for our shop, however the rent was much higher.