Openings and Closings: LivWell, Emerald Fields Open New Stores as Lightshade Shrinks

Times are a-changin' in the dispensary space.

January 9, 2023

Image: Lightshade's store at 503 Havana Street has been taken over by Emerald Fields.

Lightshade's store at 503 Havana Street has been taken over by Emerald Fields. Scott Lentz

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Colorado's marijuana space doesn't have the same familiar faces anymore.

Reports of declining prices and sales have become the norm over the past year, while businesses small and large have cut back, sold off assets or closed altogether. Still, new dispensaries are opening in Denver just as fast as the old ones close, and suburban areas like Green Valley Ranch, Broomfield and Thornton have provided new homes for marijuana sales, as well.

Schwazze, a publicly traded marijuana company based in Denver, closed acquisitions on two Lightshade dispensaries and has already converted both stores into Emerald Fields locations, while LivWell Enlightened Health opened another store, upping its total count of stores in Colorado to 27.

Here's a rundown of recent dispensary openings and closings, with a couple of name changes, too:

Recent Openings:

Clearance Cannabis Dispensary
3926 South Federal Boulevard, Englewood
720-745-5440

Cosmic Light
5565 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder
303-440-6700

Emerald Fields
2215 East Mississippi Avenue
720-735-0676

503 Havana Street, Aurora
720-899-3131

Green Remedy
1052 South Quebec Street
303-745-4580

LivWell Enlightened Health
137 Nickel Street, Broomfield
720-756-2385

Magnolia Road Cannabis Co.
1995 West Midway Boulevard, Broomfield
720-287-1362

Skunked
2683 East 120th Avenue, Thornton
720-901-4420

Space Station Dispensary
206 Main Street, Longmont
720-487-9229

Recent Closings:

Clearance Cannabis Dispensary
3926 South Federal Boulevard, Englewood
720-745-5440

The Clinic
Four metro stores, all closed (now LivWell locations)

Lightshade
2215 East Mississippi Avenue

503 Havana Street, Aurora

TweedLeaf
Three metro stores (seven across the state), all closed

Recent Name Changes:

Titan Health (Formerly Universal Herbs)
800 Park Avenue West
303-756-1414

755 South Jason Street
303-955-6255

Thomas Mitchell has been the news editor of Westword since February 2024. He's been with the publication since 2017 and was formerly its cannabis editor. He’s earned numerous awards and accolades for his work, including placing second for the Marijuana Enterprise Reporting Award from the Colorado Society of Professional Journalists in 2018; being named a Top Cannabis Journalist by Leafbuyer in 2020; and placing first for the College Sports Writing Award from the Arizona Press Club in 2014. His prior work experience includes Arizona Republic, Inman News and Fox Sports.

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