Marijuana cultivator & retailer propose Framingham operations
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A rendering of the proposed Commonwealth Farm cannabis cultivation facility in Framingham
Proposals for two Framingham cannabis-related developments, a 112,000-square-foot cultivation facility and a retail store, are seeking city permitting approval.
The proposed indoor cultivation facility, named Commonwealth Farm, would be built at 1062 Edmands Road near the border with Marlborough and Southborough. The cultivation facility at Eastleigh Farm would employ 100 full- and part-time workers, with a larger building for cultivation and a smaller one for support operations, including conference rooms and packaging.
Commonwealth Farm has told the city in application forms it will take security measures on the site including limiting access to only employees, law enforcement, contractors and regulatory officials. Deliveries will leave the facility two or three times a week in unmarked vans, and signs for the facility will be discrete.
Commonwealth Farm has said it plans to begin construction next February and open by next fall. Without local approval in place, it hasn't yet gone before the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission for permitting.
The firm doesn't disclose which marijuana shops it plans to supply product to.
A marijuana shop is proposed for 85 Worcester Road, in a multi-tenant building in the city's marijuana overlay district, which encourages cannabis shops to locate in certain spots along the busy Route 9 and Cochituate Road commercial stretch and away from residential areas.
The 85 Worcester Road proposal by an applicant named Patient Centric of Martha's Vineyard, would open a marijuana shop in a vacant 5,700-square-foot space inside a two-story multi-tenant building on Route 9 next to Shoppers World.
Patient Centric of Martha's Vineyard hopes to open to patients by next September, with plans for 25 full- and part-time workers.
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