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Plan would put marijuana growth, distribution center in JC

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 08:45

A Syracuse-based company is looking to turn the vacant Giant Food Mart building in Johnson City into a cultivation center for medical marijuana.

A Syracuse-based company hopes to turn a former Johnson City supermarket warehouse into a cultivation center for medical marijuana, bringing up to 200 jobs to the area.

Salus Scientific was one of 43 businesses to submit bids for one of five licenses to manufacture and dispense medical marijuana after the state passed a bill last summer authorizing limited access to non-smokeable forms of the drug.

New York is expected to announce the winning bids as early as next week.

If approved, Salus Scientific plans to retrofit a vacant 120,000-square-foot building that once warehoused products for Giant Food Market into an energy-efficient growing operation, according to Michael Falcone, company co-founder and chairman of the board.

“We are going to put millions and millions of dollars into it, and...

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