Commercial
Interior Design
Designed With Care
Banko Design is a boutique interior design studio specializing in senior living, private club, and multifamily communities. We are known for delivering thoughtfully designed environments that balance residential warmth with commercial performance: spaces that feel considered, timeless, and perform at every level.
Our work is guided by experience, shaped by collaboration, and executed with a level of precision that ensures consistency from concept through final installation.
The Banko Effect
We Are Passionate Stewards Of Your Budget.
Talking about money shouldn't — and won't be — awkward. We plan for it from the get-go, always accounting for how FF&E and materials play into the mix. Don't have a budget? We'll help you create one. And we'll stick to it.
Together, We Shape The Vision.
We're here to craft a story together. Your goals, visions and input combined with our expertise, savvy and creativity make for an interior design space unlike any other.
We Know Your Project's Demographic.
We rigorously research the neighborhood of your project to infuse local flavor into the design. It creates a stronger connection between the space and its future inhabitants. We know how to create spaces that never alienate the project's demographic.
Work With Us
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Resi-mercial design blends the comfort, warmth, and personality of residential interiors with the durability and functionality required in commercial environments. It's a philosophy that helps spaces feel less institutional and more welcoming without sacrificing performance.
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A commercial interior designer plans and designs spaces that support the people who use them while meeting operational, durability, safety, and performance requirements. Beyond selecting finishes and furniture, commercial interior designers influence space planning, occupant experience, functionality, branding, and long-term value.
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Architects focus on building structure, building systems, and life-safety requirements. Interior designers focus on how the spaces inside the building function, feel, and perform. The strongest projects involve close collaboration between architecture and interior design teams from the beginning.
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Ideally, an interior designer should be involved during pre-development or schematic design. Bringing design into the process early helps align budgets, operations, resident or member experience, and procurement decisions before plans become constrained.
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Early involvement leads to better alignment across ownership, architecture, operations, and procurement. It often reduces costly redesigns, improves budget allocation, and supports stronger occupancy and leasing outcomes.
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Design fees vary based on project scope, size, location, and services provided. Costs can range significantly between new construction, renovations, and FF&E-only projects. The best way to establish expectations is through an initial project consultation.
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Design depends on project size. On average, new-build housing or club projects take several months of design, plus construction drawing production.
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Our full-service approach includes programming, concept design, schematic design, design development, construction documentation, FF&E design, procurement coordination, installation oversight, and project closeout.
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Design influences first impressions, resident satisfaction, member engagement, and overall user experience. Thoughtfully designed environments often support stronger lease-up performance, better retention, increased utilization of amenity spaces, and enhanced asset value.