The old Mike’s Deli Mart at 23221 Edmonds Way is about to get a new life as the THC Supermarket, a retail recreational marijuana store selling marijuana and marijuana-infused products. The future of the property had been in question ever since the building was heavily damaged by fire last year.
“We’re really excited to be coming to this location,” said THC Supermarket owner Kyle McClanahan. “We’re just wrapping up construction now, and we hope to be open for business in six to eight weeks.”
This will be the second THC Supermarket for McClanahan. The first, located in Granite Falls, has been in operation for several months. The new location is in Esperance, in unincorporated Snohomish County, and is not within City of Edmonds jurisdictional boundaries.
Previous applications for marijuana-related businesses within Edmonds have all run afoul of the buffer zone requirements established by the state in the wake of Initiative 502, which legalized recreational marijuana use in Washington state. These buffers surround schools, day cares, arcades and similar facilities; marijuana-related businesses are prohibited from operating within a buffer zone. According to City of Edmonds planning manager Rob Chave, the relative density of these types of facilities in Edmonds means that there are “very, very few potential locations that remain” where it would be even possible to locate a marijuana-related business. (See more information about this issue and a map of buffer zones in Edmonds in our April 2014 story here.)
According to materials filed with the Washington State Liquor Control Board, the THC Supermarket meets all the requirements of state law, including proximity to schools and other sensitive locations.
— Story and photos by Larry Vogel
If they call this anything besides “Up In Smoke” I will be very disappointed.
Best name idea EVER.
It’s an Edmonds kind of day… smiley face.
So glad to see a new business in a growing industry is coming to my old store! Maybe i should ask them for a job I do love Esperance and Edmonds!
Better get a larger parking lot..long time coming
The only direction they can expand to is to the right, which is property that belongs to the Parks family.
Marie – where do you propose they put the larger parking lot? Aren’t there houses to the east of this property?
I meant there will be heavy parking traffic..utilize what they can
Is this place opening..there is a for lease sign on the bldg and no one is working on the place
One of our writers called the business owner a while back asking about that; he said the retail marijuana store is still scheduled to open but I’m not sure about the date. I have seen people working on the building from time to time, including today.
Please tell me this plan has fallen through. I propose we invite Jimmy Johns to open in this spot instead. I heard rumblings they were looking for a place to open a location in this area a few years back.
I think I saw a sign for this on the building yesterday afternoon. 🙁
Yes, we will have a story on this later today.
Sadly, no tax revenue to Edmonds
Surely something can be done to prevent this from opening. This is exactly the kind of thing we don’t need in our city.
This is not in Edmonds