Canine Companions –
Canine Early Development Center
& Veterinarian Building

2965 Dutton Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA

Architecture and project management of the 36,143 square foot expansion for Canine Companions. This smooth stucco-finished pair of buildings house the Canine Early Development Center and the veterinarian building for this world leader in the breeding and raising of assistance dogs.  Another great structural engineering effort by MKM and Associates. The outstanding project design team included MKM Structural Engineering, Adobe Civil Engineering, TEP Mechanical and Plumbing Engineering, SOCO Electrical Engineering, and MacNair Landscape Architecture.  Don MacNair and sculptor Jim Callahan collaborated on a fabulous Plaza Fountain, with water elements flowing among bronze sculpted canine statues. Construction completed Summer 2024.

Canine Companions Canine Early Development Center & Veterinarian Building was awarded the 2024 Top Commercial Real Estate Project by the North Bay Business Journal.

I have had the pleasure of working with Ken at Lafranchi Architecture on two commercial projects. The first project was a mixed commercial remodel of just over twenty-five hundred square feet. Ken’s design-eye combined with an appreciation for value and cost containment, resulted in a project far more attractive than I dreamed and also within budget.

The second project encompasses over seventy-thousand square feet and is a mix of warehouse, retail, and office space. Once again, Ken has transformed what could have been a utilitarian box into a strikingly attractive work of art. We don’t anticipate completion for another year or so, but Ken’s management oversight in coordinating all facets of the design process with the General Contractor and the myriad of consultants and engineers, has kept our project moving smoothly towards completion.

I look forward to our next collaboration and wouldn’t hesitate to highly recommend Lafranchi Architecture to anyone considering similar projects.

Eric A Ziedrich
CEO
Healdsburg Lumber Company