MMJ company Illera Holistic Healthcare wants to grow operations at its Baker facility.
At its meeting later this month, the East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission will review plans to construct a 44,000-square-foot expansion to Illera's existing facility on Plank Road near Stoneview Avenue.
"The medical marijuana industry is growing, and we're going to be significantly expanding our capacity to support the market growth," Illera CEO Lisa Gray tells Daily Report. "We'll be about doubling in size."
Gray says the expansion will necessitate about 70 additional employees, up from the current workforce of 75. Gray is hopeful the construction project will be completed by the first quarter of 2026.
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