Cannabis Retail Lease Opportunity — Warren, Michigan
Opportunity Overview
A cannabis retail lease opportunity in Warren, Michigan — the state’s third-largest city, in Macomb County. In March 2025 Warren removed the numerical cap on adult-use retail licenses and shifted licensing to an administrative process, ending the discretionary review that had drawn years of litigation.
With the quota gone, the practical constraint on entering the Warren retail market is the site. Cannabis uses are permitted only in industrial and C-3 districts and must clear distance buffers from schools, residences, parks, religious institutions and daycares. A site that satisfies the ordinance, with a landlord willing to lease for the use, is the scarce element in this market.
Key Highlights
- Warren lifted its numerical cap on adult-use retail licenses in March 2025 — entry is no longer gated by a municipal award process
- Retail is permitted only in industrial and C-3 districts, subject to buffers of 1,000 feet from schools and 500 feet from residential zones, among others
- Michigan’s third-largest city, in Macomb County, within the Detroit metropolitan market; local voters approved adult-use legalization by roughly 59% in 2018
- Licensing now runs as an administrative process rather than through the discretionary review committee removed in the 2025 ordinance
- A $5,000 annual municipal license fee applies to adult-use retailers, set by the city
- Cannabis-willing landlords are scarce; a site already contracted for the use removes the step that most often stalls an operator at the start
Listing Detail
Process & Next Steps
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