New York Cannabis Practice
New York Cannabis Facility Design
Cannabis facility design, cultivation facility design, and cannabis construction oversight for New York’s licensed cultivators, processors, and dispensaries — 500+ cannabis facilities delivered since 2013.
706-573-5520 · Licensed to Practice in New York
Design-Build Process
Grow rooms, lighting layouts, and airflow engineered before ground breaks — every OCM compliance layer built in from day one.
Start Your New York Facility →Cannabis facility design, built by people who've done it 500+ times
Licensed in New York
AIA, NCARB — active architecture licensure to practice in New York.
500+ Facilities Since 2013
Sam Andras and Jeff Lair have led 500+ cannabis and vertically integrated cultivation projects.
cGMP-Fluent
Cultivation, extraction/processing, and dispensary design built around cGMP and OCM compliance.
Bridging Consultant Model
One firm from Basis of Design through cannabis construction and occupancy.
Design matched to your OCM license type
Cultivation Facility Design
Canopy-compliant grow rooms, environmental controls, and security infrastructure built to pass OCM inspection.
Also called: Grow Facility DesignProcessing & Extraction Design
cGMP-documented extraction and manufacturing space, from solvent handling to finished-product packaging.
Dispensary Design
Retail layouts that satisfy state security requirements while staying built for everyday patient access.
Testing Laboratory Design
Lab space designed around sample handling, chain-of-custody, and instrumentation requirements.
Cannabis Architect in New York
Cannabis architect New York is the search a newly licensed cultivator, processor, or dispensary operator runs the moment their New York Office of Cannabis Management license comes through and construction planning has to start — and 3rd Act Architecture and Consulting is a licensed New York architecture firm built specifically around cannabis facility design. Led by Sam Andras, AIA, NCARB, and Jeff Lair, 3rd Act has completed 500+ cannabis and vertically integrated cultivation projects since 2013, covering cultivation facility design, grow facility design, extraction and processing labs, and retail dispensary buildouts.
As cannabis architects who also manage cannabis construction through owner’s-representative and bridging-consultant delivery, 3rd Act can carry a project from the Basis of Design document through construction documents, contractor selection, and OCM compliance walkthroughs — one firm, from license to occupancy, in New York City, Albany, Newburgh, or anywhere the OCM has approved a site.
Questions New York operators ask first
Start your New York cannabis facility
From cultivation facility design to dispensary buildout, one firm carries the project from license to occupancy.