Our Introduction
In need of a retail Cannabis shop to complement their cultivation done in a different facility, the client located a lease space in a strip mall in south Anchorage. The strip mall also includes La Aroma Cafe and Bakery, among several other retail tenants. The goal was to have separate space for cannabis retail and a cannabis ‘spa’ (featuring various marijuana-infused topicals, etc.) while maintaining some common facilities such as restrooms and offices.
Blazing Trails
As research continued to be done, it became clear that the marijuana spa concept would be considered as onsite consumption of marijuana products. As such has yet to be approved under state and municipal codes, the spa concept was not something that could be done in the space at that time.
No Worries
In the end, the plans needed to be redesigned to allow the retail portion to absorb the remainder of the lease space. Many different possibilities in the space were explored, both in terms of use but also in terms of aesthetics to reach the desired outcome—a welcoming, light, and clean environment.