Klutch Cannabis, which plans to build its flagship store in Akron, intends to displace a West Market Street flower shop that had initially opposed the dispensary.
Akron-based Klutch on Friday will ask the city planning commission for permission to renovate the building Pink Petals florist now occupies, at 1960 W. Market St. It also wants to convert the vacant lot next door, at 1956 W. Market St., to a parking lot.
The request comes five months after Akron City Council approved a proposal to build the dispensary on the empty lot next to the florist. Also on the block is Ken Stewart’s Grille, a longtime neighborhood dining destination…