Scottsdale’s first medical marijuana dispensary could be opening within the year. Monarch Wellness Centers Inc., is the dispensary operator that appears only to need to make tenant improvements at their Scottsdale location near Pima Road and Via de Ventura Road before being able to open.

Monarch Wellness Centers Inc. was awarded a dispensary registration certificate by the Arizona Department of Health Services last month after winning the dispensary lottery. And now Monarch has received their copy of the state certificate which activates the use of their permit. So assuming that the tenant improvements are handled appropriatly, Monarch’s south Scottsdale dispensary could be in operation soon.