PharmaCann Inc. will permanently close its hemp growing and processing facility near Oliphant, Pa., laying off 60 workers on May 20 after the multistate, privately held operator defaulted on lease obligations.

CompanysubmittedWorker Adjustment and Retraining Notice (WARN) to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry on March 20, informing the department of the closure of its facility at 111 Life Science Drive in Scott Township.

PharmaCann was founded in 2014purchased18 acres of land in Lackawanna County — in the northeast region of the commonwealth — in late 2018, with plans to build a 36,000-square-foot facility to serve Pennsylvania’s promising medical cannabis market, which began sales earlier that year.

At the time, Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce President Bob Durkin said PharmaCann was among companies “at the cutting edge of their industries” that fit Scott Technology Park’s long-standing industrial zoning goals.

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