A new cannabis dispensary is coming to Okolona near the Edgewood neighborhood, according to the Louisville Metro Business Portal.
Metro Government received an application seeking a commercial addition permit for a dispensary described as “Re-Leaf Louisville.”
According to the records, the 2,790-square-foot building is located at 2800 Packerland Way, which used to house a Wendy’s before the fast-food chain announced its closure in 2024. The estimated cost of the project is $335,000.
According to a Jefferson County deed filed June 2, Little P LLC sold the Packerland Way building to DP Dispo Ky LLC, which lists Dineshkumar Patel as the authorized member.
The Kentucky Secretary of State Business Entity Search indicates Patel operates multiple businesses, including Upward Innovations LLC, which was selected to receive a medical marijuana dispensary license in the state’s December 2024 lottery drawing.
Patel is also listed as the current officer of Reed KY Dispensary LLC and Barrio Capital Partners LLC, which have dispensary licenses and operate under the names “Green Releaf Dispensary” and “Green Releaf Dispensary Elizabethtown.”
Green Releaf Dispensary currently has two Kentucky locations in Elizabethtown and Ferguson.
A message left at the Elizabethtown location seeking comment was not immediately returned.
The development comes as Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order June 2 expanding access to Kentucky’s medical marijuana program.
The executive order directs the Office of Medical Cannabis to issue an emergency regulation clarifying that state law also includes 15 additional qualifying conditions. These conditions are terminal illness, sickle cell anemia, ALS, Parkinson’s disease, HIV, AIDS, Huntington’s disease, muscular dystrophy, cachexia or wasting syndrome, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, neuropathies, severe arthritis, fibromyalgia and glaucoma.