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Minnesota culls social equity applications in advance of December license lottery

Minnesota cannabis regulators disqualified about two-thirds of the roughly 1,800 applicants for social equity business licenses, meaning the permit lottery scheduled for the week of Dec. 2 will be reserved for 640 hopefuls. Applicants who were winnowed out either failed to complete the entire application process or didn’t meet eligibility …

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Fluresh to close Michigan cannabis grow facility, lay off 46

This story was republished with permission from Crain’s Detroit.  A largescale marijuana cultivation site is shuttering, unable to survive Michigan’s record-low cannabis prices. Fluresh LLC will close down its $46 million 105,000-square-foot grow facility in Adrian and will be laying off 46 employees at the end of this month. The company, doing …

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Cannabis REITs navigate tenant stress, even as rate cut lifts real estate stocks

Cannabis real estate lenders are taking markedly different approaches to troubled credit and market headwinds lately, with some aggressively restructuring loans while others maintain a wait-and-see approach, according to earnings calls over the past week. While broader real estate stocks rallied on the Federal Reserve’s latest rate cut, with the …

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Ayr doubles down on Florida cannabis despite failed legalization

Ayr Wellness Inc. (CSE: AYR.A) (OTCQX: AYRWF) is forging ahead with an ambitious Florida beefing-of-sorts despite last week’s failed adult-use legalization vote. The company is still betting that premium indoor-grown cannabis flower will help it capture market share in what remains one of the world’s largest medical markets. “Indoor flower …