Laid off from PharmaCann.

What PharmaCann layoffs have meant for employees

PharmaCann, the Chicago company behind the LivWell and Verilife stores, leased several of these sites from Innovative Industrial Properties, and the landlord's filings show who controlled each building, which isn't the same as when a job ended. A quarterly report through June 30, 2026, shows rent abated on the Michigan and Massachusetts grow sites from February 2025, a default on nine leases that March and an eviction judgment at Dwight that December. A February 2026 settlement then had PharmaCann agree to wind down in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. The court papers were fully executed on March 13, 2026, and New York's notice is dated March 20. That's the landlord's telling. PharmaCann's own reason on record comes secondhand from Warren, where the Teamsters local's president said the company told the union it couldn't be competitive in Michigan.

A closing date on a notice wasn't the last word on these buildings. The same report says PharmaCann stayed in the New York and Pennsylvania properties past its surrender dates, with the landlord's consent, while the two sides worked to move the licenses to new tenants. Grown Rogue says Hamptonburgh's production had already slowed substantially in early 2026, and in August it still spoke of current New York team members. If you're still working at either site, it could be worth keeping a dated copy of any notice or revised date you get, since the landlord's filing is about buildings and your own dates may matter later.

Some Warren workers had just organized with the Teamsters when the closing came, and the president of Local 337 told Crain's Detroit the closing "doesn't have anything to do with us organizing; we didn't even have a contract yet." With no contract in place, the local's stated plan was to work with PharmaCann on a package. Illinois marks Dwight as a union site too. If you were in either unit, a deal between the local and the company wouldn't necessarily show up in press or state records, so your local's paperwork, more than anything public, would settle what was won.

Dwight is the only site on this record with former workers confirmed back. Grown Rogue's chief executive said in its October release that they returned "with knowledge of this building that you can't replace overnight." New York is still an intention, and a guarded one. Grown Rogue's August language stopped at "many" of the local team, and its finance chief anticipated cutting annual costs by about $20 million, a figure the release doesn't break down. Elsewhere the landlord's tenant list is only a lead. Berry Green took the Michigan property, another operator took Massachusetts, and Curaleaf took the Ohio premises in April 2026. If you're looking for cannabis work near one of those buildings, those tenants are worth knowing. Our unemployment pages cover each state in this record, Massachusetts, Michigan, Maryland, Illinois, Colorado, Pennsylvania and New York.

Store jobs in Colorado moved on the buyer's terms. The purchase agreement said store staff worked for PharmaCann USA Inc. and, apart from an unfiled schedule and anything the law requires, could be let go at will without severance. The deal didn't cover every LivWell store, Westword reported, so staff at the stores left out sat outside those terms. In Maryland, the receiver's notice runs the sale of the assets and licenses through one court case, No. C-15-CV-26-001937 in Montgomery County Circuit Court. If you work for PharmaCann in Maryland, it's worth having that number handy, and the notice's December 7, 2026 date is the one to watch.

A sourced history of PharmaCann layoffs

• March 2026, Olyphant, Pennsylvania, closing notice

  A notice filed with Pennsylvania said PharmaCann would close its Life Science Drive facility in Olyphant by May 20, affecting 60 jobs, FOX56 reported. The landlord's 10-Q says PharmaCann stayed in its Pennsylvania premises past the surrender date, with consent.

• March 2026, Hamptonburgh, New York, closing notice

  PharmaCann's March 20 notice, posted by New York on April 17, set a permanent closure of its Hamptonburgh plant starting June 20, covering 130 workers. Grown Rogue said in August that its venture was working to retain current team members and rehire former employees.

• March 2026, Denver grow facility closing notice

  On March 20 PharmaCann announced plans to lay off 132 employees and close a major Denver cultivation and processing facility in May, Westword reported, adding that Vireo's deal for LivWell stores covered 17 of 21 and no cultivation sites.

• November 2025, Dwight, Illinois, closing notice

  A notice received November 14 set a permanent closing for January 13, 2026, covering 82 workers, and Illinois marked the site union with no bumping rights. The Daily Journal later reported the closing went ahead in January.

• January 2025, Holliston, Massachusetts, layoff notice

  A notice dated January 29 listed 19 jobs at what the landlord later called the former PharmaCann cultivation facility in Holliston, effective March 31, our WARN tracker shows.

• January 2025, Stevensville, Maryland, plant closure

  Maryland's log lists a plant closure at 339 Log Canoe Circle in Stevensville, dated and effective January 28, with 19 jobs, a row our WARN tracker also carries.

• December 2024, Warren, Michigan, closing notice

  A state notice dated December 2 said the LivWell cultivation center would close, with separations from January 31, more than 220 employees affected and no bumping rights, The Macomb Daily reported. Teamsters Local 337 had just organized there, Crain's Detroit said.

What to do if you're laid off from PharmaCann

• File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. PharmaCann's biggest hubs: Colorado, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
• Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what PharmaCann's hub states run: Colorado, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and every other state is here.
• Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
• Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
• Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.