As we reported last month, on October 17, 2016, Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (colloquially, a REIT) specializing in the acquisition, ownership and management of industrial properties leased to experienced, state-licensed operators of regulated medical use cannabis facilities, filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under which the company is offering up to 8.75 million shares at an initial public offering price of $20 per share.  The Company simultaneously filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
Continue Reading November Surprise? NYSE Approves Industrial Innovative Properties’ Listing Application

As election day draws near, proposed laws which would permit recreational or medical use of marijuana are on the ballot in nine states.  Riding the wave of the legalization movement–in addition to the nine states with legalization measures currently on their ballots, four states have already legalized recreational marijuana and 25 states currently permit medical use–business interests are lining up to service the potentially burgeoning cannabis industry, and one company in particular is poised to take a marijuana-related business model public and mainstream.
Continue Reading Trick or REIT: A Marijuana-Focused Real Estate Company is Going Public, but will NYSE be on Board?