Nightjar is expected to open before the end of the year. It’s still awaiting final inspections from Bloomfield’s building department, and a final inspection and certificate to operate from the state cannabis board.
The business was one of 48 that recently earned a combined $12 million in state grants under the Cannabis Equity Grant Program.
Owned by Soulstar Holdings, the team includes Francesca DeRogatis, COO, her father and executive director, Gary DeRogatis, Amanda Rositano, president, Katie Covett, CAO, and Rosanna Diaz Abrahamse, founder.
The business also has seen support and startup capital from a “handful of friends and family,” Francesca DeRogatis told Patch.
“Soulstar was founded with a mission to chart a new path and carve out space for female, minority and marginalized individuals in the cannabis industry,” DeRogatis said. “With years of experience in east coast cannabis, the team felt compelled to leverage their expertise to build a more diverse and authentic industry, and to own something of their own.”