Trulieve Files Plans for a Medical Cannabis Dispensary at the Former Ozona Grill on Harvey Road in College Station

COLLEGE STATION, Texas | November 13, 2026 A medical cannabis dispensary is proposed for the former Ozona Grill and Bar property at 520 Harvey Road. Trulieve, a Florida-based operator, has submitted plans to remodel about half of the building, which has sat empty since the restaurant closed in 2023, according to KBTX and the City of College Station. The plans are a remodel filing, not a reported approval. The company’s Texas license is also still conditional, and it does not yet allow Trulieve to sell cannabis products.

What Was Filed

The city says plans have been submitted to remodel roughly half of the building at 520 Harvey Road, KBTX reported. The work includes interior renovations along with changes to the exterior facade, signage and colors. The property’s large outdoor patio is not part of the proposed dispensary space. City officials say the company would lease only part of the building, and the future tenant for the rest has not been identified.

The restaurant, Ozona Grill and Bar, closed in 2023 after nearly two decades on Harvey Road, according to KBTX’s 2023 report. KBTX did not report that the dispensary had received any local approval or permit. It reported only that plans had been submitted.

Where Trulieve’s Texas License Stands

Trulieve is a Florida-based medical cannabis company that KBTX says operates more than 200 dispensaries across four states. It was one of the companies conditionally awarded a license when Texas expanded its Compassionate Use Program. House Bill 46, effective Sept. 1, 2025, authorized 12 additional dispensing licenses in two phases, nine in Phase I and three in Phase II. DPS announced the nine Phase I conditional licensees in December 2025 and the three Phase II licensees on April 1, 2026, and its Phase I update lists Trulieve TX, Inc. DPS later issued a corrected tabulation that changed some awards, and the corrected list still places Trulieve in Region 1.

The word “conditional” matters. DPS says conditional licenses do not authorize cultivating, manufacturing, distributing or selling cannabis products until it gives final approval, and the licenses stay subject to due diligence on finances, litigation history and past disciplinary actions. DPS will not invoice license fees until a company passes that review, and each licensee must be fully operational within 24 months of licensure, per its Phase II update.

One detail we could not resolve: the DPS list places Trulieve’s conditional license in Public Health Region 1, which covers the Texas Panhandle, while College Station is in Brazos County in a different part of the state. We found no DPS document explaining how a conditional license maps to a storefront in Brazos County. Trulieve has told investors it has a retail pipeline across all 11 public health regions, Marijuana Herald reported. We did not reach DPS or Trulieve for comment on this point, so treat the question as open.

Where This Fits in the Texas Expansion

Three organizations currently hold legal dispensing licenses, according to KBTX. Under HB 46, licensed dispensing organizations may also open satellite locations that store products overnight, and Community Impact reported that Texas Original has opened satellites in San Antonio, Plano, Nacogdoches, Lubbock and Tyler. DPS has also placed 12 more businesses on an eligibility list in case a conditional licensee fails its review.

State construction records show Trulieve planning at least 10 locations in nine cities, including Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Midland, Lubbock, Corpus Christi, El Paso and Longview, based on filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, per Marijuana Herald on Oct. 8. College Station was not in that count. The same report says the records “do not establish that the dispensaries are authorized to open.” We covered the company’s Texas ambitions after its brand licensing deal in our report on the Trulieve and Connected agreement.

The Harvey Road Planning Backdrop

The city is developing a long-range plan for how the Harvey Road corridor could change over the next 10 to 20 years. City officials say decisions about individual properties and their permitted uses are handled separately from that plan. A public workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Visit College Station, and community feedback will help shape the options the city considers.

What Patients Should Know

The Compassionate Use Program lets certain patients with qualifying conditions access low-THC cannabis through a physician and a state registry. It is separate from the hemp stores that sell consumer THC products, and a dispensary under this program is not a recreational store. A local site could shorten trips for patients in the area if it is approved and licensed. Our guides explain how to get a medical marijuana card in Texas, the qualifying conditions and where dispensaries operate. The program passed 60,000 registered patients this year, as we reported in our registry report.

What Is Still Unknown

• Whether the city has approved or permitted the remodel.
• When DPS will decide on final licensure for Trulieve and how a College Station site fits its license.
• Whether and when the site would open, and what product lines it would carry.
• Who will lease the other half of the building.

Lawmakers could also change the program in 2027. Several Texas bills would expand medical eligibility, including HB 330, which is covered in our report on the first 2027 filings, and incoming leaders have said cannabis policy is a priority, as we reported in today’s story on Goodwin and Tucker.