The company touts its heat-mitigating LED lights, laboratory-related inner panels, and said the cultivating is almost entirely automated.
Co-owner James Chung is a former lawyer who later worked in the garment industry and said Chinese medicine is part of what led him into the cannabis-growing business.
"Say you have a toothache, grandma would give you little ground up of cannabis leaves," said Chung.
Alkhemist estimates the company will generate millions each year; with one pound retailing at about $4,000, the facility is expected to generate between $5 million to $6 million wholesale. If sold directly to consumers, Chung says that figure could be as high as $12 million.
The company is still looking to close deals with dispensaries across the state and plans on selling directly to consumers.