A politically connected firm pushing to open dozens of pot shops in Illinois is suing to prevent a dispensary from opening in the former River North Rainforest Cafe — and to restrict how close minority-owned cannabis shops can be to one another.
The lawsuit filed Monday in Cook County by GRI Holdings, a clouted firm with deep ties to state government, claims that the proposed Consume Cannabis dispensary at 605 N. Clark St. violates state law by opening within 1,500 feet of its Green Rose Dispensary at 612 N. Wells St.
