Cincinnati-based cannabis business sees Mansfield as natural next step for retail
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The short version
In a story published November 18, 2025, Richland Source talked with King City Gardens co-founder Caveh Azadeh by phone. He said the company won a Level I cultivation license in 2021, which came with three dispensary licenses, and bought three more. About 30 percent of Camp Washington sales then came through the drive-thru.
Six crowns
How King City Gardens holds six dispensary licenses
Three came with the Level I grow license, 2021
Three more bought
30%
of Camp Washington sales went through the drive-thru, per Azadeh in November 2025.
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License history and drive-thru share as Caveh Azadeh described them to Richland Source on November 18, 2025.
What Richland Source reported
This is the founder profile. Azadeh, a mortgage sales executive and University of Kentucky graduate, gathered partners after Ohio legalized medical cannabis in 2016. The state turned the group down at first; they kept at it, including a court fight, and won a Level I cultivation license in 2021.
A Level I license allows up to 25,000 square feet of grow space and comes with three dispensary licenses. King City Gardens bought three more, and transferred one of its licenses to Mansfield, where the building was already finished to spec by Backroad Wellness, a former customer of the grow. Azadeh compared it to taking over a restaurant someone else built out.
“almost like a turn-key operation, like taking over a restaurant”
Caveh Azadeh, Co-founder, King City Gardens
He welcomed the competition from Mansfield's first dispensary, said owning the grow helps keep prices down, and gave a number worth knowing: about 30 percent of Camp Washington sales were going through the drive-thru.
What it means at the counter
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Three dispensary licenses came with the grow license; three more were bought.
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The Mansfield building was turnkey: cameras, security and buildout done.
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Drive-thru matters: about 30 percent of Camp Washington sales in late 2025.
