Illinois Cannabis Practice
Illinois Cannabis Facility Design
Cannabis facility design, cultivation facility design, and cannabis construction oversight for Illinois’s licensed cultivators, processors, and dispensaries — 500+ cannabis facilities delivered since 2013.
706-573-5520 · Licensed to Practice in Illinois
Design-Build Process
Grow rooms, lighting layouts, and airflow engineered before ground breaks — every IDOA compliance layer built in from day one.
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Licensed in Illinois
AIA, NCARB — active architecture licensure to practice in Illinois.
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 IDOA compliance.
Bridging Consultant Model
One firm from Basis of Design through cannabis construction and occupancy.
Design matched to your IDOA license type
Cultivation Facility Design
Canopy-compliant grow rooms, environmental controls, and security infrastructure built to pass IDOA 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 Illinois
Cannabis architect Illinois is the search a newly licensed cultivator, processor, or dispensary operator runs the moment their Illinois Department of Agriculture license comes through and construction planning has to start — and 3rd Act Architecture and Consulting is a licensed Illinois 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 IDOA compliance walkthroughs — one firm, from license to occupancy, in Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, or anywhere the IDOA has approved a site.
Questions Illinois operators ask first
Start your Illinois cannabis facility
From cultivation facility design to dispensary buildout, one firm carries the project from license to occupancy.