Canopy Growth production facility in Newfoundland has been vacant for more than two years

A fully operational cannabis production facility in St. John’s has been sitting vacant for more than two years.

The 21,000-square-metre production facility is equipped with a brand-new boiler room, open-concept office space and a staff lounge, reports CBC, but has never housed any cannabis.

Canopy continues to lease the land, committing to pay more than $24 million over five years, but “isn’t ready to talk about next steps yet,” reports CBC. 

Newfoundland and Labrador is currently home to seven producers that are licensed for cannabis cultivation, according to government records, including Oceanic Releaf Inc., BeeHigh Vital Elements Inc. and Atlantic Cultivation Limited.

For its part, Canopy recently sold another shuttered cannabis production facility in New Brunswick. Closed in December 2020 as part of the company’s restructuring efforts, the facility was purchased by Ontario-based Purplefarm Genetics.

The sale price was not released, but that facility

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