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Glass House Brands Announces California Retail Joint Venture with Vireo Growth
LONG BEACH, Calif. and TORONTO, April 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Glass House Brands Inc. ("Glass House") (CBOE CA: GLAS.A.U) (CBOE CA: GLAS.WT.U) (OTCQX: GLASF) (OTCQX: GHBWF) and Vireo Growth Inc. ("Vireo") (CSE: VREO; OTCQX: VREOF) today announced a joint venture to build one of California's largest and most strategically positioned cannabis retail platforms. Following regulatory and certain closing conditions, each company will contribute its California dispensary operations to the joint en
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