Acreage Holdings will transfer the license from their Atlantic City medical shop, The Botanist, to a recreational and medical adult-use retail facility along the southbound side of Route 130.
By Matt Skoufalos | March 26, 2024
Collingswood Planning Board approves Acreage Holdings cannabis dispensary. Credit: Matt Skoufalos.
Some four years after New Jersey voters overwhelmingly voted to legalize adult-use cannabis, Collingswood could cut the ribbon on its first dispensary by the fall.
On Monday, the borough planning board unanimously approved an application from multi-state operator (MSO) Acreage Holdings to establish a retail outlet at 35 E. Crescent Boulevard (Route 130), in the former Egbert Express property there.
Acreage, which operates “The Botanist” locations in Atlantic City, Egg Harbor Township, and Williamstown, will transfer the license from its medical-only facility on the Atlantic City boardwalk to the Collingswood site.
In Collingswood, Acreage will retail both medical and recreational adult-use cannabis products, including flower, vaporizers, concentrates, and edibles. The business will continue its cultivation and retail operations in Egg Harbor Township and its retail facility in Williamstown.
The Route 130 site affords Acreage “a great opportunity [at] that location,” Joe Olivieri, Acreage Compliance Manager for New