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Cannabis Business Times on King City Gardens' Vertical Retail Model

Cannabis Business Times carried the December 16, 2025 news of two new Garden stores in Sycamore Township and Mansfield for operators, with the focus on a Level 1 grower running its own retail.

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The Garden Sycamore Township at sunset, stone and brick with the sign lit — Photo: The Garden

Cannabis Business Times: a Level 1 Ohio grower runs its own dispensaries from seed to sale

Cannabis Business Times, writing for operators, treated the December 2025 news as a story about model rather than store count: one company running every step from grow room to register.

every customer who walks through our doors or visits our drive-thru

Caveh Azadeh, Co-founder, The Garden. Quoted in Cannabis Business Times.

The announcement it carried promised both The Garden stores in Sycamore Township and Mansfield King City Gardens flower, limited releases, in-store exclusives, and a drive-thru lane at each.

Cannabis Business Times called the Sycamore Township and Mansfield openings the next phase of a longer King City Gardens retail plan, with more Ohio sites to follow through 2026.

What fully vertical means for King City Gardens' new stores

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King City Gardens grows, processes and sells its own cannabis, making it fully vertical, per Cannabis Business Times.
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The release promised limited drops and in-store exclusives at both new Garden stores.
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More Ohio stores were part of the retail plan through 2026.