Businessman Hussein “Sonny” Anani seeks approval from the Melvindale City Council to convert the former Reilly Plating Co. building into a medical cannabis grow operation.
By SUE SUCHYTA
Sunday Times Newspapers
MELVINDALE – A proposal for a medical cannabis grow facility inside the former Reilly Plating Co. building was presented by businessman Hussein “Sonny” Anani at the online March 3 City Council meeting.
Anani said the building, at 17760 Clarann St., would have an improved façade, with enhanced landscaping and repaired sidewalks, as well as security features, which would include lighting and surveillance cameras.
He estimated that a 24-hour operation could create about 50 “well-paying jobs,” and would increase the taxable value of the property.
“We have an opportunity here with an industry that is effectively in its infancy,” Anani said. “We have an interest in getting involved in the manufacturing of medical cannabis.”
He said new ways to use medical cannabis continue to be discovered, and said he wants to grow the business as demand for medical cannabis increases.
“We want to be on the front end of that development,” Anani said. “We want to see how we can develop a product with a pharmaceutical company such as Pfizer, to have a consistent, quality product that we can extract and isolate things.”
Anani said the cannabis odor would be managed through the use of carbon graphite filtration. He said he intended to use the building as a grow operation, without any retail function.
While council members asked questions following the presentation, no decisions on any marijuana businesses were expected to be made in the near future.
Businessmen Hussein “Sonny” Anani and Ty Putrich (third row, second from left) make a presentation to the Melvindale City Council March 3 about developing the former Reilly Plating Co. building into a medical cannabis grow operation.