FREETOWN — A marijuana cultivation and processing facility located in the Campanelli industrial park could soon be operational.

AmeriCann, Inc., a cannabis company that develops cultivation, processing, and product manufacturing facilities, announced this week that construction of their 30,000 square foot facility is 90% complete and they received a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy from the town.

Construction of the facility began in September of last year, as reported by the Herald News.

AmeriCann CEO Tim Keogh said they projected construction of the facility would take 10 months and they are currently in their final month.

“We have some processing equipment that is still being installed, benches for growing,” Keogh said about what still needs to be done.

They also have to address “three minor items that need to be fixed,” said David DeManche, Freetown’s town administrator, in order to get a final Certificate of Occupancy for the building.

They have 30 days to fix the issues, according to DeManche, which will include putting up certain signs for the fire system, fixing an audible system that’s tied into the radios for the fire system, and putting fire stops around a couple of pipes.

BASK, a Fairhaven medical marijuana cultivator, processor, and dispensary, has a 15-year Joint Venture Partnership with AmeriCann, which equates to a 15-year lease, and will be moving into the greenhouse later this summer, according to Keogh.

In order to move the cultivation portion of their business to Freetown, Keogh said, BASK has filed for a change of location with the Cannabis Control Commission.

As a partner, Keogh said, BASK’s "‘rent" for the facility will be 15% of gross on all products produced and sold from the building.

Currently BASK only has a license to cultivate, process, and dispense medical marijuana in Fairhaven, but has applied to sell recreational marijuana in Fairhaven and grow and process medical and recreational marijuana in Freetown, Keogh explained.

Construction has to be completed and BASK’s change of location has to be approved by state regulators before any plants can be moved into the facility.

Keogh said once the building is operational it will employ anywhere from 20 to 25 employees and “will look no different than anything that’s currently occurring.”

They’re anticipating no impact on the Freetown community from a traffic standpoint, said Keogh, and an odor mitigation system is in place.

“Freetown residents are just receiving the benefit of hosting a sustainable, responsible cannabis business,” Keogh explained.

The 30,000 sq. ft. building is only the beginning for what AmeriCann is calling its Massachusetts Cannabis Center.

AmeriCann has plans for two more buildings on the 52-acre parcel, according to Keogh, and is permitted for nearly a million square feet of cannabis cultivation and processing infrastructure.

Up next? Getting 165,000 sq. ft. of the second building ready for AmeriCann Brands, a wholly owned Massachusetts subsidiary of AmeriCann, Inc, Keogh said.

“Both buildings two and three will have multiple licensed operators with their own identifiable space,” Keogh said, “We have a tremendous amount of interest and get inquiries almost daily (about renting space in the buildings).”

For now, they’re focusing on getting the first building completed.

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