Mass. company plans cannabis growing, retail operations on Brainard Road in Hartford
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A rendering of Massachusetts-based Insa's proposed retail and cultivation/production facilities along Brainard Road in Hartford.
Massachusetts-based cannabis company Insa plans to build a large marijuana cultivation facility and a retail shop on Brainard Road in Hartford.
According to applications to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission, Insa plans to retrofit existing buildings at 165 and 167 Brainard Road. One property currently hosts the Chowder Pot of Hartford restaurant. The second is a vacant retail building that previously hosted Restoration Lighting Gallery.
Insa describes itself as a “vertically integrated medical and adult-use cannabis company operating in multiple states.” The company had cultivation centers in Massachusetts, Florida and Pennsylvania. It currently operates dispensaries in Massachusetts and Florida and is moving to open its first store in Ohio.
Connecticut granted Insa a provisional cultivator license in August, making the company the first to get the green light to establish recreational cannabis operations in the state. The company has also applied for a hybrid retailer license.
Insa will also need regulatory approvals from Hartford’s Planning and Zoning Commission to pursue its plans for Brainard Road, which are part of the commission’s Oct. 25 agenda.
The company has purchase agreements for both properties, and plans on ultimately combining the two parcels, according to its application to the commission.
Insa would renovate the former Restoration Lighting space into a 7,600-square-foot “state-of-the-art” retail and educational space for adult use and medical cannabis sales, according to its application. The retail shop will also offer a view into the neighboring cultivation facility through 3-inch-thick clear glass.
Insa’s plans call for a renovation and expansion of the restaurant building at 165 Brainard Road – the Chowder Pot – into an 83,441-square-foot growing and production facility for cannabis products. Roughly one-third of the space would be dedicated to production, office and support services, with the rest set aside for cultivation.
Attempts to reach an Insa spokesperson were not immediately successful Thursday morning. A representative of the Chowder Pot was not immediately available for comment.
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