From Former Prisons to Walmarts, Cannabis Companies Are Breathing New Life Into Vacant Buildings

If there’s one truth in life, it’s that weed can grow just about anywhere. Backyards,  greenhouses, basements, rolling hills and acres of farms in every state, and even prisons. Well, a former prison, anyway.

One of the nation’s leading cannabis operators, Green Thumb Industries will open a modern ‘cannabis campus’ on the site of a former federal prison in Warwick, New York. It’s sort of a full-circle scenario for the industry, says Ben Kovler, founder and CEO.