O’Leary Cannabis store planning for late January opening

The P.E.I. Cannabis Corporation is expressing confidence its O’Leary store will be ready to receive customers by the end of January.

The store was expected to be operational by Oct. 17, the same day that the other three cannabis stores in P.E.I. opened for business, but Zach Currie, director of cannabis operations, said the Town of O’Leary experienced unexpected complications with the building.

Those complications resulted in the town having to re-issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the building.

Currie said there were also some procurement delays.

“We continue to work with our contractors and subcontractors to complete the O’Leary retail store as soon as possible so that we can improve our service delivery with our valued customers in the West Prince region,” said Currie.

The Cannabis Corporation is in charge of the finishing touches, which are now underway.

O’Leary Mayor Eric Gavin confirmed the town has been collecting rent on the building since Oct. 17.