Cannabist Co. Closing 2 New Jersey Cultivation Sites, Laying Off 86 Workers

The Cannabist Co. Holdings Inc. announced this month that it will shut down two cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facilities in South Jersey, eliminating 86 jobs in the sector on Oct. 11. The shutdowns come after the company gained Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition in the U.S. earlier this year.

The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development on July 14, notifying the agency of its facility closures in Vineland: at 51 West Park Ave. and at 1560 N. West Blvd.

One of the New Jersey cultivation and manufacturing facilities is leased, while a Cannabist Co. non-cannabis operating subsidiary, Columbia Care NJ Realty LLC, owns the other facility, with about $16 million still due under a mortgage loan agreement as of March 2026, according to court documents.

Some of the impacted workers may receive special legal protections: The Cannabist Co. is party to a collective bargaining agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 152, covering full-time and regular part-time cultivation technicians employed in Vineland.

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