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Who are the General Contractors/companies that have experience in building a marijuana cultivation facility in Massachusetts?
OVERVIEW
Hi there! Thank you for the opportunity to resubmit names of General Contractors/companies that have experience in building a marijuana cultivation facility in Massachusetts.
The short answer is we sourced four general contractors who have built/constructed marijuana cultivation facilities in Massachusetts: Vantage Builders Inc., Rochette Consulting Services, Desco Company and Campanelli Construction.
Below is a deep dive of my methodology and findings.
METHODOLOGY
We searched trusted media sites and industry reports in order source relevant data to answer the question. We checked companies' websites and Google for additional information and we have documented our findings below.
FINDINGS
After researching the data we have compiled a list of four general contractors who have built/constructed marijuana cultivation facilities in Massachusetts.
VATAGE BUILDERS INC.
In March 2017 Vantage Builders, Inc., a general contracting and construction firm based in Waltham, Mass., announced that it has launched a Cannabis Cultivation Construction Practice, designed to assist organizations involved in Massachusetts’ cannabis industry "get to market quickly and efficiently."
Ryan LaVangie, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Vantage Builders, has said that with their experience in the industry, they can get the correct team together – "from architecture and design to engineering and construction" – to support each growers’ unique approach. LaVangie says "their ability to assist growers in getting to market as quickly as possible, is most critical.” The building and systems requirements for cannabis cultivation are "more similar to medical or food processing than traditional industrial use, such as manufacturing, something Vantage us confident they can handle successfully.
Vantage was also hired by Theory Wellness to "build out its medical marijuana cultivation, processing, and dispensing facility" at 1050 Elm St., Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The dispensary was open to qualifying patients in April 2017. The facility occupies the entire 12,000-square-foot retail/industrial building, and houses Theory Wellness’s vertically integrated medical marijuana operations.
ROCHETTE CONSULTING SERVICES
Rochette Consulting Services, LLC is a Maine based real estate construction management & consulting firm. RCS currently serves the greater New England and Massachusetts South Shore area with a variety of construction management services. RCS works closely with experts in the fields of building design, planning, financing, construction, engineering, and development.
In Good Health, a state-licensed, non-profit medical marijuana dispensary is located at 1200 West Chestnut Street in the city of Brockton, MA. In Good Health, is "one of eleven dispensaries that was initially approved by the state of Massachusetts." It operates in a large 26,000 square foot self-contained facility where they grow, cultivate, and dispense "their own special variety of medicinal cannabis strains and edible marijuana products." This facility was developed and constructed by Rochette Consulting Services.
Rochette Consulting Services has also developed, built and constructed a massive 10,000 s.f. expansion for indoor marijuana growing facility.
DESCO COMPANY
Desco Company, a self performing general contractor is based in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Desco offers a" full range of services" including design/build, tenant improvements, renovations, and facility construction services for markets such as "office, hi-tech, education, industrial, healthcare, hospitality and retail." Desco has reportedly renovated and constructed corporate offices, retail stores, educational classrooms and labs, restaurants and building lobbies for major clients in MA, RI and CT.
Highlights and photos of Desco Company can be seen on their FaceBook page getting ready to work on the drywall phase at the 10,000 sq ft Medical Marijuana facility in Fairhaven.
CAMPANELLI CONSTRUCTION
A one million square foot cultivation facility is to be built in Freetown, Massachusetts, and Campanelli Construction has been chosen as the general contractor for the project according to Boston Business Journal. Campanelli Construction was chosen by medical marijuana facility developer AmeriCann. Work on the Massachusetts Medical Cannabis Center began in March 2017, and marijuana production is expected to begin in the fall of 2017.
Campanelli Construction has successfully built over 20 million square feet of industrial, office, medical, warehouse and multi-family space with an additional one million square feet currently under construction. Campanelli is mostly known for their extensive commercial property development experience having developed over 22 million square feet of commercial property including 12 Massachusetts business parks. This company has 70 years of successful development and construction.
CONCLUSION
To wrap it up, we sourced four general contractors who have built/constructed marijuana cultivation facilities in Massachusetts: Vantage Builders Inc., Rochette Consulting Services, Desco Company and Campanelli Construction.
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