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| Aurora Sky | |
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Aurora Sky in 2018
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| General information | |
| Type | Greenhouse |
| Location | Edmonton International Airport, Leduc County, Alberta |
| Coordinates | 53°18′58″N 113°34′23″W / 53.316°N 113.573°W / 53.316; -113.573 |
| Completed | January 2019 |
| Owner | Aurora Cannabis |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 800,000 sq ft (74,000 m2) |
| Aurora Sun | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Greenhouse |
| Location | Box Springs Business Park, Medicine Hat, Alberta |
| Coordinates | 50°04′23″N 110°44′38″W / 50.073°N 110.744°W / 50.073; -110.744 |
| Groundbreaking | 2018 |
| Construction stopped | November 2019 |
| Cost | CAD 130 million[1] |
| Owner | Aurora Cannabis |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | up to 1,600,000 sq ft (150,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Dawson Wallace Construction |
Aurora Sky and Aurora Sun are Canadian greenhouses originally built to grow cannabis Both were constructed by the firm Aurora Cannabis following the complete legalization of cannabis in Canada in 2018. The company calls them "Sky class" facilities.
Aurora Sky is a 100,000 kg per year, 800,000 sq ft (74,000 m2) cannabis growing greenhouseonEdmonton International Airport property in Leduc County, Alberta.[2] Construction broke ground in June 2017, and it was completed in January 2019.[3][4] The company closed the Aurora Sun facility in 2020 and reduced its operations at Aurora Sky after several layoffs.[5]
Construction on a 50% to 100% larger facility, Aurora Sun, at in Medicine Hat,[1] was "paused" in late 2019.[6] If construction were completed, Sun would become the largest cannabis greenhouse in the world.[7]
In May 2022, Aurora announced it would close Aurora Sky.[8] Aurora acquired a majority stake in greenhouse company BevoAgtech, which took over both the Sky and Sun facilities to produce orchids and starter vegetables in 2023.[9][10][11]
