Contractor on marijuana grow facility files lien against companies for nearly $700k
Accelerated Construction Services is seeking almost $700,000 from AGRiMED Industries for unpaid debts from work on the 16,000-square-foot manufactured steel medical marijuana growing facility in Cumberland Township.
According to a mechanics’ lien claim filed Friday in Greene County Court, ABB Construction LLC is seeking $683,831 for work completed Jan. 15.
Payments were due at the start of January through Feb. 22, according to the court filing.
The construction contract, dated Aug. 22, states Accelerated Construction furnished all construction materials and labor for the project. The court filing states AGRiMED, along with Greene Energy Resource Recovery based in Fairmont, W.Va., and Cumberland Property Leasing based in Stamford, Conn., received notice of the intention to file the lien Jan. 23.
The growing operation sits on property owned by Greene Energy Resources, a Wellington Development affiliate. Cumberland Properties Leasing LLC previously told the Observer-Reporter they would develop and own the building and lease it to AGRiMED.
The filing includes the proposal for building plans submitted to Stanley Sears, a founding partner of AGRiMED, Aug. 15 for an 80-by-200-foot warehouse.
Accelerated Construction began submitting detailed statements of the labor and material provided and their costs to AGRiMED starting Dec. 6 through Jan. 22. Seven in total were given to the company and each had separate payment due dates, starting Jan. 6 through Feb. 22, for amounts between $46,806 and $244,015.
The filing came just one day after Gov. Tom Wolf announced Thursday the state Department of Health approved the grow operation in Cumberland Township. AGRiMED said their plant was deemed operational after the final inspection Feb. 15 and that plants are already in the ground. AGRiMED officials said last week the growing process is underway.
Neither AGRiMED nor Accelerated Construction Services responded to requests seeking comment.
AGRiMED, located at 280 Thomas Road near Nemacolin, broke ground in October for its 61-acre site in Cumberland Township.
AGRiMED said the first 16,000-square-foot manufactured steel building would be able to grow about 2,400 plants. The company has also talked about expanding in the future, depending on market demand, and constructing an 80,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art greenhouse. AGRiMED has grown medical marijuana in other states where it is legal.