Cresco Labs, a Chicago-based vertically integrated cannabis company, agreed to acquire Florida medical marijuana provider VidaCann in a $120 million cash and stock deal.
The deal gives Cresco a presence in Florida for the first time, expanding its operations into eight states and giving the company a toehold in a major MMJ market.
The company currently has seven dispensaries and a 70,000-square-foot cultivation facility that’s expected to double in size by the end of the year.
More details on the deal can be found here.
Cresco, which trades on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol CL, has made no secret of its intention to expand into Florida.
CEO Charlie Bachtell told MJBizDaily Investor Intelligence last week that the state was one of it targets, along with Connecticut, New Jersey and Virginia.
