A marijuana-based company is planning to use a 196,000 square-foot building in Beard Industrial tract located in Modesto, California.
This is huge news as the facility means there are up to 250 jobs projected and that it may possibly be the largest commercial cannabis facility in California.
It was this past April that Transcanna Holdings Inc. announced the purchase of the 196,000-square-foot building on Daly Avenue in the Beard Industrial District. The building was formerly a turkey processing plant. The company has also acquired locally based Lyfted Farms, a county-permitted cannabis business that will manage the Modesto operations.
Lyfted Farms is now trying to obtain a permit from Stanislaus County for growing cannabis in a 32,700-square-foot area inside the building. Cannabis products would be processed and packaged in the pland and then distributed to retail outlets in California.
At full scale, the production facility operating seven days a week could employ 200 to 250 workers.
“We like indoor growing, but most of the facility would be for distribution and manufacturing,” said Steve Giblin, Transcanna’s CEO.
Bob Blink, chief executive officer of Lyfted Farms said that security measures will include an 8-foot perimeter fence, surveillance cameras, an alarm system and at least three security guards.
“It is very secure,” Blink said. “Security is a big point locally and in the state. It has the best security around just by the way the building is designed.”
“We are happy about the strategic purchase of the Daly building and we really like Modesto,” Giblin also aid. “We think it’s a great place to grow.”
