Long Island City, Queens, is about to get a bit greener.
Trends Dispensaries signed a 15-year lease to open a cannabis shop at 27-25 44th Drive in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City, the third licensed recreational weed shop to open in the neighborhood.
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Asking rent was $80 per square foot, according to New York Business Journal, which first reported the deal.
Trends plans to open at the base of the residential building later this spring, according to the Business Journal.
Cannabis entrepreneurs and brothers Rodney and Brandon Carter decided to get in on the state’s budding weed market after realizing their past convictions for cannabis offenses would make them eligible to apply for New York’s early-bird round of dispensary licenses, according to an interview with the brothers. New York State’s license system prioritizes people impacted by cannabis prohibition and their families.
As they waited for the green light from state officials, the duo launched a podcast, “Trends and Friends,” in which they expound upon their joint love of cannabis and discuss their efforts to end the stigma surrounding the plant.
For their dispensary, the brothers partnered with Housing Works,
