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Ethos Cannabis to Acquire Seven of 4Front Ventures’ Mission Dispensaries

Ethos Cannabis, a Pennsylvania-based multistate cannabis operator with operations and investment interests in Massachusetts, Florida and Arizona, announced May 5 that it has signed definitive agreements to acquire the rights to 4Front Ventures’ dispensary locations in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Ohio, which currently operate under the Mission brand.

Under the agreements, Ethos is acquiring the rights to one operational dispensary in Allentown, Pa., and management agreements for four other operational dispensaries. The dispensary license in Pennsylvania also allows the company to open two additional dispensary locations in the state, and all storefronts will be rebranded from Mission to Ethos.

The acquisition furthers Ethos’ goal of developing a strong presence in the Mid-Atlantic, East Coast and Midwest cannabis markets, according to President and CFO David Clapper.

“One of our main focuses is here in the Mid-Atlantic region, here in the Northeast,” Clapper told Cannabis Business Times. “We’re already located in Philadelphia [and] we already have a vertically integrated permit here in Pennsylvania. … The ability to open additional dispensaries right here in Pennsylvania is really strategic for us. … That’s what really attracted us to the acquisition.”

For 4Front Ventures Founder and President Kris Krane, the deal represents the company’s focus on its core markets and achieving profitability.

Ethos has focused its expansion plans on developing a strong presence in the markets in which it currently operates, rather than setting up shop in additional states, he added.

“We’re less concerned with going out and trying to reach into a lot of states and say we have a presence in a lot of states,” Clapper said. “We’re more interested in going deep in the states … we’re in.”

With a strong presence in Pennsylvania and Maryland already underway, Ethos now plans to integrate its team with the 4Front team and convert the Mission dispensaries to the Ethos brand.

The company has also received its cultivation and processing license as a clinical registrant in Pennsylvania’s medical cannabis research program in partnership with Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

“We’ve started growing just as of last week, so … we’ve started operations in every area—growing, processing and dispensing—and now it’s just increasing the size of our operations here in the state.”

Ethos is also working to open four retail locations in Massachusetts, as well as a cultivation and processing facility, which will open as soon as they receive final regulatory approvals.

“For us, it’s really focusing on operational execution now—getting our dispensaries open, increasing our revenue, increasing our EBITDA, and then … looking at additional strategic acquisitions if available, or even additional licensing,” Clapper said. “One of the real goals and focuses of our company at the moment is to really begin full operations.”

Originally published on: https://www.cannabisdispensarymag.com/article/ethos-cannabis-to-acquire-seven-4front-venture-mission-dispensaries/

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