Canada’s largest licensed cannabis producer is about to get even bigger. On Wednesday, Canopy Growth Corp. announced that it will develop up to 3 million square feet of additional greenhouse capacity in British Columbia.
The move, part of a newly announced joint venture with a large-scale British Columbia-based greenhouse operator to form BC Tweed Joint Venture Inc., will more than doubles Canopy’s cultivation footprint, according to a company release.
The BC greenhouses currently grow peppers, CEO Bruce Linton said in the release, and the company will spend several million dollars to adapt them for cannabis cultivation. The majority of the resulting product is expected to be sold on Canada’s domestic market.
The deal will increase Canopy’s total greenhouse production footprint to approximately 2.3 million square feet and includes an option to grow that footprint to 4 million square feet. The venture also expands Canopy’s operations into six Canadian provinces, part of what the company says is a plan for international growth.
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