LeafLine Industries, a medical marijuana company headquartered in Cottage Grove, has been purchased by Chicago-based Green Thumb Industries.
Green Thumb announced the acquisition for an undisclosed price on Twitter.
LeafLine sells medical marijuana through its five dispensaries in Minnesota, including facilities in St. Paul and Eagan.
The company opened a headquarters and an indoor cultivation facility in Cottage Grove in 2014. It tripled the size of that facility in 2020 with the addition of a 134,000-square-foot greenhouse.
Green Thumb makes and sells marijuana-based consumer goods, and operates under the brand names of RYTHM, Good Green and Incredibles Cannabis.
With the purchase of Leafline, Green Thumb now operates in 15 states through 73 retail locations.
LeafLine is one of two companies – along with Otsego-based Minnesota Medical Solutions – licensed to make and sell medical cannabis in Minnesota.