For the past five years Richard has overseen the development of PowerPlant Park. His company has raised over $4M from family and local real estate investors to complete requisite plan sets, environmental studies, regulatory compliance and various submissions to the City’s planning department and state agencies. With the Parks emphasis on support of the local and surrounding communities, a significant part of the investment spent on local-area consultants, engineers, and architects. Richard has assembled a world-class management team with over 150 years of combined cannabis experience including master growers, scientists, PhD’s, genetics experts/breeders to ensure plant integrity and superior strain selection. In 2014-15 Richard and his team successfully conducted legal medical operations of an indoor farm in Marin County with over 700 plant-sites.
Additional Bio: Richard is also the visionary behind Local Heroes and Hands 4 Hope 4 all Humanity, (his foundation). He is responsible for guiding the design and development of a next generation global platform mirroring the debit and credit networks controlled by Visa and MasterCard. The platform can manage transactions in unique ways and accommodate a variety of economic and humanitarian models. Three programs have been piloted in US, Canada and Mexico, where Local Heroes spent 4 years working with many senior government ministries and officials, he and his wife meeting with President Vicente & Martha Fox
Prior to his endeavor into the world of cannabis Richard spent several years in the entertainment industry as the owner and executive producer of the Rheem Theater in Moraga California. He and his group took over the art-deco theater and transformed it into a 1200-seat full-service entertainment venue, restaurant cabaret. He attracted major acts such as Smokey Robinson, Tony Bennett, James Brown, George Carlin, Dione Warwick and Johnny Cash, (to name a few), producing over 120 musical and theatrical events.
Richard is married to Cinder, has two sons RJ, and Robert. He has been a member of Saint Hilary’s Church in Tiburon for over 50 years and sings in the church choir. In his spare time, Richard enjoys traveling, collecting religious artifacts, playing tennis, golf and skiing.
PowerPlant Park is the first project of its kind in the State of California. The City of Richmond has issued the Park 44 individual addresses; legal addresses required to secure 22 state licenses for Phase I. Greenhouse ownership at PowerPlant Park eliminates the 2+ year wait and extraordinary expense to acquire requisite city permits and state licenses with no guarantee of regulatory success. Considering the low cost of entry, best-in-class amenities, turnkey ownership opportunities at the Park are without equal.
Through an exclusive agreement with Phinest Cannabis PowerPlant Park will have some of the best genetics in the State, including exclusive strains. Genetics are started in a $12M 0-GeN tissue culture lab and propagated in a 25,000 sq. ft. Tier 2 indoor mixed light “teening” facility, (delivered flip-ready). The Park’s onsite manufacturing facilities offer the latest hydrocarbon and medical grade cold ethanol extraction. On-site facilities include state-of-the-art post-harvest processing, manufacturing, kitchen, packaging, and branding/fulfillment services. The Park’s statewide distribution network of wholesale buyers including presold contracts to California’s top brands. This plan for just our first couple harvests, until retail operations begin in Q-2 2023. These statewide brands that have retail distribution but no cultivation. The Park’s “our farm to your front door” retail model will eventually account for 80% of the Park’s distribution, including a 50-driver delivery service, (pilot completed), retail Kiosks in existing high-profile storefronts and “Garage” locations alongside major Bay Area freeways w/billboard support.
Each Tier-2 indoor mixed-light greenhouse has been enhanced to meet the Park’s stringent SOP’s/QC’s. The flower zone includes 1,144 plant-sites producing over 2,000 lbs. of ultra-premium flower annually. Custom arrays are designed to be spectrum targeted throughout the bloom cycle to maximize desired effects, including terpene/trichrome production, THC/CBD levels and overall cannabinoid profile. Today’s market value for 4,000 sq. ft. of operational/licensed indoor or Tier 2 mixed-light space in the SF Bay Area is $4-$6M, (if one can find it).
The San Francisco Bay Area is home to approximately 7.5 million residents and is ranked the #1 market in California for retail sales and cannabis connoisseurs. PowerPlant Park provides the only true turnkey tenancy/ownership model in the State, an affordable path towards income, a perfect fit for all types of cannabis investors, retail brands, MSOs, and cultivators alike.
‘PowerPlant Park’ Could Make Richmond The Cannabis Capital Of Contra Costa County. The city of Richmond could see hundreds of new jobs and millions of dollars for the City…
Attention Prospective Greenhouse Buyers:
Please follow the steps below if there is interest in purchasing a Greenhouse at PowerPlant Park
Step 2: PowerPlant Park will schedule PowerPoint presentation over zoom with our broker WeCann-Premier Listing- PowerPlant Park–18-acre Campus on Richmond’s Waterfront. The presentation is one hour and includes live video of site construction.
Note: After zoom presentation prospective buyer is sent password to PowerPoint Presentation, Project Updates #20/21 and abridged version of PowerPlant Park’s Project Manual.
Step 3: If there is interest after zoom presentation, prospective buyer completes Application, Questionnaire and provides proof of funds, click here
Note: If approved, prospective buyer will receive password to Offering Memorandum, full version of Project Manual and Project Manual Appendices A & B. References from existing Greenhouse owners available upon request.
Step 4: If interest persists, an in-person presentation is scheduled at Park’s Point Richmond offices and includes a site visit.
Step 5: If Greenhouse purchase is made Buyer receives password to 144-page Owner’s Manual, Permit Set of Construction Drawings, and approved DRB and Architectural Plan Sets.