Washington DC Cannabis Facility Design

Cannabis facility design, cultivation facility design, and cannabis construction oversight for Washington DC’s licensed cultivators, processors, and dispensaries — 500+ cannabis facilities delivered since 2013.

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706-573-5520 · Licensed to Practice in Washington DC

Service Area

Washington DC — Adams Morgan · U Street Corridor · Capitol Hill

Design-Build Process

Grow rooms, lighting layouts, and airflow engineered before ground breaks — every ABCA compliance layer built in from day one.

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DC Licensed|Adams Morgan · U Street Corridor · Capitol Hill|500+ Cannabis Facilities|cGMP · ABCA Compliant

Cannabis facility design, built by people who've done it 500+ times

Licensed in Washington DC

AIA, NCARB — active architecture licensure to practice in Washington DC.

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 ABCA compliance.

Bridging Consultant Model

One firm from Basis of Design through cannabis construction and occupancy.

Design matched to your ABCA license type

ABCA · CULV

Cultivation Facility Design

Canopy-compliant grow rooms, environmental controls, and security infrastructure built to pass ABCA inspection.

Also called: Grow Facility Design

ABCA · PROC

Processing & Extraction Design

cGMP-documented extraction and manufacturing space, from solvent handling to finished-product packaging.

ABCA · DISP

Dispensary Design

Retail layouts that satisfy state security requirements while staying built for everyday patient access.

ABCA · TEST

Testing Laboratory Design

Lab space designed around sample handling, chain-of-custody, and instrumentation requirements.

Cannabis Architect in Washington DC

Cannabis architect Washington DC is the search a newly licensed cultivator, processor, or dispensary operator runs the moment their DC Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration license comes through and construction planning has to start — and 3rd Act Architecture and Consulting is a licensed Washington DC 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 ABCA compliance walkthroughs — one firm, from license to occupancy, in Adams Morgan, U Street Corridor, Capitol Hill, or anywhere the ABCA has approved a site.

Questions Washington DC operators ask first

Does 3rd Act Architecture provide cannabis facility design in Washington DC?

Yes. 3rd Act is a licensed Washington DC architecture firm with 500+ cannabis and cultivation facility designs completed since 2013, covering cultivation facility design, grow facility design, processing/extraction, and dispensary projects.

What ABCA license types can 3rd Act's cannabis architects design for?

DC’s Medical Cannabis Amendment Act of 2022 eliminated licensing caps and created genuinely separate categories — cultivation centers, manufacturers, retailers, internet retailers, couriers, testing laboratories, and on-site consumption facilities. Since any DC resident 21+ can self-certify online with no doctor’s visit and no qualifying condition required, these facilities function as DC’s real commercial cannabis market, not a narrow patient-only system. 3rd Act designs across that full scope, built to ABCA’s requirements and to the self-certification volume these facilities actually see.

Is 3rd Act licensed to practice architecture in Washington DC?

Yes, Sam Andras holds active architecture licensure in Washington DC in addition to other states where 3rd Act has completed projects.

Does 3rd Act manage cannabis construction, or only design?

Both. 3rd Act can serve as a bridging consultant or owner’s representative through cannabis construction, starting with a Basis of Design document and carrying the project through construction documents, contractor selection, and ABCA compliance walkthroughs.

Start your Washington DC cannabis facility

From cultivation facility design to dispensary buildout, one firm carries the project from license to occupancy.