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The new operation is contracted to provide cannabis for a product brand by the legendary heavyweight boxing champion.
Posted Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 9:42 am ET
HARTFORD, CT — A once-empty industrial building in Connecticut’s capital city will soon become a massive cannabis cultivation operation later this summer, one serving a former boxing legend.
The Goods THC, a minority, woman-owned, and family-led cannabis cultivation company, has completed development of its 32,000-square-foot micro-cultivation facility at 275–287 Homestead Ave. in Hartford’s Upper Albany neighborhood.
According to The Goods THC, the company holds exclusive cultivation rights in Connecticut for two nationally recognized brands: “Cookies” and Mike Tyson’s “Tyson 2.0.”
Tyson is a boxing hall-of-famer and former heavyweight champion in the 1980s and 1990s. He is now in the legal cannabis business.
The company anticipates its first product launch in late July or early August 2025.
The facility features 10,000 square feet of grow space across seven climate-controlled flowering rooms.
It is the maximum canopy permitted under Connecticut’s micro-cultivation license.
The facility is located in the historic Hartford Specialty Machinery Co. building, the 80,790-square-foot industrial site that was acquired in December 2022 by Eros I LLC for $1.7 million.
The Goods THC is one of the first Social Equity applicants licensed by the Connecticut Social Equity Council and has received full cultivation permitting from the Department of Consumer Protection.
The company is led by Hartford native Gloribel Diaz.
“As a victim and survivor of the War on Drugs, Diaz has experienced firsthand the lasting harm inflicted on communities like Upper Albany,” reads a company release.
“This isn’t just a cannabis business, it’s a homegrown movement,” said Diaz. “We chose to build in Hartford because this is our community. We’re creating opportunities for local residents, launching premium products, and working with nationally recognized brands, all while staying true to the purpose of cannabis reform: justice and reinvestment.”
According to the company, the site will employ 20-30 Hartford area residents “with a focus on hiring from Social Equity backgrounds through a formal workforce development program.”
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