Plans to open a marijuana dispensary in the old Rainforest Café restaurant in River North are now the subject of a lawsuit.
Illinois state law doesn't allow dispensaries within 1,500 feet of each other. The owners of an established dispensary nearby claim opening a new one at the Rainforest Café site would violate that law.
The city council's zoning board approved the dispensary in November 2022, and has been subject to controversies since plans began to emerge. Brown questioned the partners' eligibility under state law as a social equity firm - the qualifying factor allowing the companies to open a Consume brand dispensary in River North, an area that's already packed with weed shops.
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