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Berrien County, Michigan

New Buffalo Township, Michigan cannabis zoning, licensing and real estate

Ordinance posture, licence capacity, buffer geometry, social equity status and FY2025 excise for New Buffalo Township — every field either verified or explicitly marked unverified.

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Can you open a dispensary in New Buffalo Township, Michigan?

New Buffalo Township has opted in to adult-use cannabis establishments but is closed to new applicants, so entry is by acquisition. The Michigan Treasury FY2025 distribution records 26 licensed retailers and microbusinesses and $1,404,444.60 in excise paid to the municipality. Confirm caps, buffers and district zoning with the city and the CRA before signing.

Adult-use: Opted inMedical: Not verified — contact us to confirm current statusAccepting new applications: No — closed to new entrants

New Buffalo Township has opted in but is closed to new entrants

Adult-use establishments operate here, but the ordinance does not admit new applicants. Entry is by acquisition of an existing licensed operator.

Adult-use detail
Opted in, but a 1/21/2025 ordinance, amended 5/23/2025, prohibits any new establishments.
Medical detail
UnverifiedNot verified — contact us to confirm current status
Accepting new applicants
No — closed to new entrants

Capacity

Licence caps and current count

Local cap
Closed to new applicants — existing operators grandfathered.
Accepting new applications
No — closed to new entrants
FY2025 licensed retailers + microbusinesses
26
Source: Michigan CRA ·

Distance requirements

Buffer and setback rules

UnverifiedNot verified — contact us to confirm current status

The state adult-use rule separately requires 1,000 feet from a pre-existing school, measured parcel line to parcel line, unless the municipality has adopted an ordinance reducing it. Local ordinances sometimes measure door to door instead — measure both ways before you commit. See how the buffer is measured.

Ordinance terms

Other local requirements

UnverifiedNot verified — contact us to confirm current status

Operating hours, permitted districts, co-location, insurance minimums, municipal fee caps and community-benefit conditions are local ordinance terms, not state licensing conditions. They are amended more often than setbacks and they move unit economics — confirm the current text before signing.

State programmes

Social equity and municipal revenue

Social equity community
Not designated — the state's reduced application and licensing fees do not apply to a location here.
FY2025 excise received
$1,404,444.60
Statewide context
Michigan distributed $93,773,685.60 in FY2025 adult-use excise — $46,886,842.80 to municipalities and an equal amount to counties — across 868 licences in 238 municipalities, at $54,017.10 per licence.
This dataset covers 54 municipalities, selected for C3 CRE's active Michigan markets, out of the 238 municipalities that received an FY2025 adult-use excise distribution from the Michigan Department of Treasury. Michigan Treasury source.
Source: Michigan Treasury ·

Market read

New Buffalo Township commercial real estate context

New Buffalo Township is the Chicago border market — roughly 70 miles from the city, and 26 licences in a township of about 2,600 residents. The arbitrage is tax: Michigan's 10% excise plus 6% sales tax against Illinois' 20% plus 16%. That gap is holding, and Illinois retail sales fell from $153M in December 2024 to $116M in December 2025. The risk is local and political rather than competitive: the township closed to new entrants in January 2025 and moved in 2026 to revoke six permits, so entitlement here is not a settled asset. Note carefully that the City of New Buffalo is a separate jurisdiction with zero licences — the two are routinely conflated, and a listing described as "New Buffalo" needs its jurisdiction verified before anything else.

Inventory

C3 CRE inventory in New Buffalo Township

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New Buffalo - Municipal/State Approved & Turnkey Retailer Facility

19169 US-12 & 13600 Wilson Road · New Buffalo Township, MI 49117

Cannabis for sale in New Buffalo Township, MI · 2,277 SF · $1,500,000.

Price
$1,500,000
Size
2,277 SF
  • Municipal & State Approved Turnkey Adult-Use Provisioning Center for sale — license and real estate included.
  • Rare opportunity for an operator to expand in Southwest Michigan's cannabis market, the top sales volume town in the country, a destination community near the Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin borders.
  • Besides branding and inventory, the only major site improvement needed is the construction of a new parking lot with 72 parking spaces.

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Questions

New Buffalo Township cannabis real estate questions

Is cannabis legal to sell in New Buffalo Township, Michigan?
Yes. New Buffalo Township has opted in to adult-use cannabis establishments — opted in, but a 1/21/2025 ordinance, amended 5/23/2025, prohibits any new establishments. It is, however, closed to new entrants, so market entry is by acquisition of an existing licensed operator.
How many cannabis licences does New Buffalo Township have?
26. The Michigan Treasury FY2025 adult-use excise distribution, reflecting licensed retailers and microbusinesses as of roughly 30 September 2025, records 26 licences in New Buffalo Township, which produced $1,404,444.60 in excise distributed to the municipality at $54,017.10 per licence.
Is there a cap on cannabis retailers in New Buffalo Township?
Closed to new applicants — existing operators grandfathered. Caps are set by local ordinance, not by the state, and they are amended more often than operators expect — confirm the current figure with the municipality before signing.
What are the buffer and setback rules in New Buffalo Township?
We have not verified New Buffalo Township's local buffer and setback ordinance. Not verified — contact us to confirm current status. The state adult-use rule still applies: 1,000 feet from a pre-existing school, measured property line to property line, unless the municipality has adopted an ordinance reducing it.
What other cannabis ordinance requirements does New Buffalo Township impose?
We have not verified additional local ordinance terms — operating hours, permitted districts, insurance, fee caps or co-location — for New Buffalo Township. Not verified — contact us to confirm current status.
Is New Buffalo Township a social equity community?
No. New Buffalo Township is not a state-designated social equity community, so the state's reduced application and licensing fees for qualifying applicants do not apply to a location here.
How much cannabis excise revenue did New Buffalo Township receive in FY2025?
$1,404,444.60. Michigan distributed $93,773,685.60 in adult-use excise for FY2025 — $46,886,842.80 to municipalities and an equal amount to counties — across 868 licences in 238 municipalities, at $54,017.10 per licence. This dataset covers 54 municipalities, selected for C3 CRE's active Michigan markets, out of the 238 municipalities that received an FY2025 adult-use excise distribution from the Michigan Department of Treasury.

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