Lessard Design, Inc

08/31/2026

The office conversion market isn’t slowing down — and neither are we.
As demand for housing continues to collide with underutilized office space, owners and developers are looking at existing buildings differently. The opportunity is significant—but successful conversions require much more than a change of use. They require the right analysis, strategy, and experience from the very beginning.

At Lessard Design, office conversions are one of our defining specialties. Our team brings decades of award-winning multifamily expertise together with a proven methodology for evaluating and repositioning existing office assets.

From feasibility and highest-and-best-use planning to entitlements, design, documentation and delivery, we understand how to uncover the potential within an existing building—and how to recognize the challenges before they become costly ones.

The benefits can be substantial: faster delivery, lower costs, greater sustainability, and the opportunity to breathe new life into well-located properties and communities. But every building is different, and expertise matters.

We’ve updated our Office-to-Residential Conversion Guide + FAQ to answer the questions we hear most often from owners and developers.

Is your office building ready for its next life?

👉 Read the updated blog + FAQs:
What to Know About Office-to-Residential Conversions

08/28/2026

Happy Raksha Bandhan! 🇮🇳❤️
Today, we celebrate Raksha Bandhan, a tradition honoring the special bonds of love, trust, support, and connection between siblings and family.
At Lessard Design, it also gives us an opportunity to celebrate the connections that extend across our global team. We are especially grateful for our talented Lessard India team, whose dedication, creativity, and collaboration are an important part of everything we do.
Though we may work across different offices and time zones, we are one Lessard team and one global family. 🌎❤️
To our colleagues in India and their families, we wish you a very Happy Raksha Bandhan filled with happiness, togetherness, and celebration!

08/26/2026

🐾 Happy National Dog Day! 🐾
At Lessard Design, we believe great design should make everyone feel at home — including our four-legged family members. ❤️
Today we’re celebrating the pups who make our days brighter, our meetings more entertaining, and our homes a whole lot happier. And yes… sometimes you just have to chew it, blow a bubble and have a little fun! 🫧🐶💗
Here’s to good design, great dogs, and the best kind of work-life balance. 🐾
Happy National Dog Day from Lessard Design!

08/25/2026

Lessard Design is excited to announce a New Principal in Multifamily - Navid Tehrani, AIA. Navid Vijeh Tehrani, AIA Navid is a licensed architect with more than 20 years of international experience leading the design of mixed-use, multifamily, hospitality, and urban development projects. As Principal, he combines design excellence with strategic leadership, guiding projects from vision through ex*****on while fostering client relationships and business growth. His background spans large-scale developments across the United States and internationally, with expertise in architecture, planning, and entitlement. Navid's collaborative approach and passion for innovative, context-driven design have resulted in transformative projects that create lasting value for clients, communities, and the built environment.

08/24/2026

Great communities don’t happen by accident—they start with a great land plan. From raw acreage and underused parcels to mixed-use districts and waterfront destinations, Lessard Design approaches land planning with one goal: creating places that work—for the people who live there and for the clients investing in them. Our latest blog explores how strategic land planning can unlock development potential, maximize achievable density, support smoother entitlements, strengthen placemaking, and create connected communities with long-term value. With integrated expertise in land planning + architecture, we carry the vision from early site analysis and feasibility through master planning, entitlements and ultimately implementation. Read the latest blog and explore our Land Planning expertise at LessardDesign.com.

08/21/2026

Celebrating National Senior Citizens Day—and designing for the way people want to live next. At Lessard Design, we believe active adult and senior living should be about much more than housing. It should create opportunities for connection, wellness, independence and community. Our experience spans active adult, 55+, independent living, assisted living and memory care communities in urban, suburban and resort settings, with thoughtful design focused on accessibility, safety, social engagement and quality of life. From residences and clubhouses to pools, fitness spaces, trails and gathering places, we design environments that help residents stay active, connect with neighbors and live life to the fullest. Today, we celebrate the seniors who enrich our communities—and the families, caregivers and professionals who support them every day. Here’s to creating communities where every stage of life can thrive.

08/14/2026

It all starts with a mood. ☕
Warm mocha. Soft neutrals. Rich woods. Layered textures. The right mix of materials can turn any space into a place buyers immediately want to call home.
At Lessard Design Interiors, our expertise goes beyond multifamily amenities. We also design single-family model homes and residential interiors that help builders and developers create an emotional connection from the moment a prospective buyer walks through the door. From the first mood board to furniture, finishes, lighting and those final details that bring a room together, our interiors team creates spaces that are fresh, inviting and designed to sell.
Building your next community in New York, New Jersey, the Carolinas, the DMV or beyond? Bring us in early. Let’s set the mood for your next model home.
Contact Lessard Design Interiors for a consultation or send us your RFP today.

08/08/2026

Sum 🎵Sum 🎵Summertime🌞! Lessard Design’s Summer Party to celebrate good times with good friends and colleagues, while enjoying great food and spirits with amazing desserts 🍮 by ! As well as a 🥳 Happy Birthday 🎊 celebration for our fearless leader, Chris Lessard! Randy's Ribs

08/05/2026

📖 Read our blog: Multifamily design is evolving—and Lessard Design is shaping what's next - thinking beyond today's trends.
At Lessard Design, these aren't just trends we observe—they're trends we help create. With 500+ design awards, we've spent decades designing transformative communities that elevate how people live. Most recently, our JW Marriott Reston Station was honored with the Urban Land Institute's Best Project of 2026, and its penthouse made headlines after selling for $10.25 million, setting a new record for the highest-priced condominium sale in Virginia.
If you're planning your next multifamily development, discover what's driving the market—and why experience matters.

Every year brings a fresh list of “multifamily design trends,” most of them describing what a handful of national firms are just starting to experiment with. At Lessard Design, several of the trends getting attention in 2026 aren’t new experiments for us. They’re extensions of decisions we m...

07/31/2026

Congratulations on over 20 years at Lessard Design! The dedication, hard work, and impact you've made over the years have truly left a lasting mark. While it's bittersweet to see you go, it's exciting to see you take this next step and pursue your own venture.
Wishing you nothing but success as you build this new chapter. We have no doubt you'll do great things, and we hope it brings you all the fulfillment and opportunity you're looking for. Thank you for everything you've contributed over the years—you'll definitely be missed.
Best of luck, and here's to an exciting future ahead!