Zen Leaf medical and recreational marijuana dispensary is requesting a six-month extension on its current location at 3714 Illinois Ave. while it waits for the state to approve its relocation to the former Jared Jewelry store in the Main Street Commons shopping center in St. Charles.
Updated 3/9/2021 5:01 PM
Even though some St. Charles aldermen disagreed a year ago with the idea of allowing recreational marijuana sales within the city limits, they all agreed Monday that the Zen Leaf dispensary should move from an office complex into a former Jared Jewelry store on Main Street.
With the unanimous approval of a request from Healthway Services of West Illinois LLC, the operator of Zen Leaf, the dispensary will move to the Main Street Commons shopping complex at the southeast corner of Kirk Road and Main Street as soon as state officials allow the change of address on the license.
Posted3/3/2021 5:05 AM
A location move of less than 1,100 feet is about to make a world of difference for the Zen Leaf marijuana dispensary in St. Charles.
The city s plan commission on Tuesday approved a request from Healthway Services of West Illinois LLC, which operates Zen Leaf, to move from its current location in the St. Charles Commons office complex at 3714 Illinois Ave. to a former Jared Jewelry store in the Main Street Commons shopping center at 3691 E. Main St.
The distance between the sites is only two-tenths of a mile, but the move to a prominent shopping center at the southeast corner of Kirk Road and Main Street is a massive change for the dispensary that opened in 2015 as a medicinal facility but began selling recreational marijuana last year out of its office complex unit.
Updated 2/18/2021 5:34 PM
The operators of the Zen Leaf marijuana dispensary in St. Charles are seeking to move from an office complex into a former jewelry store on Main Street.
A public hearing will be held before the March 2 St. Charles plan commission meeting to discuss the proposed move by Healthway Services of West Illinois LLC, which filed a petition with the city to move its Zen Leaf location into a shuttered Jared Jewelers building in the Main Street Commons shopping complex at the southeast corner of Main Street and Kirk Road.
The opening of the St. Charles Zen Leaf dispensary was approved in May of last year after a 6-4 city council vote. The location opened in an office complex at 3714 Illinois Ave., attracting complaints from tenants who said a marijuana dispensary was inappropriate for the St. Charles Commons complex.