A dispensary could be coming to 201 Wright Street in Newark. Courtesy of Guzzo Architects.
The best word to describe the retail cannabis industry in Newark is “unpredictable.” While some dispensaries have opened without so much as a murmur, others came up against considerable opposition. In the case of Raekwon’s Hashtoria lounge that will soon be coming to Broad and Market Street, churchgoers at a nearby house of worship raised hell before the project finally got the go-ahead.
When plans for a new dispensary called The Station near Lincoln Park came before Newark’s Planning Board last week, there was no way to predict how neighbors near its proposed address, 201 Wright Street, would react. In the end, only one resident voiced concern, not about the location of the shop, but about the lack of street parking, which in fairness, is the same concern Newarkers have whenever any new business opens.
The owners of The Station will be renovating an old industrial building. Courtesy of Guzzo Architects.
Instead, the Wright Street resident praised the owner for renovating a run-down historic industrial building.
“We’re looking to put a new storefront here, paint the existing brick, open up some former windows that