CO-FOUNDER of Lewbonne, lewis has built a career as a successful entrepreneur. He is a third-generation Houstonian with deep roots in the commercial and residential real estate industry. His family has been one of the largest Kindercare Learning Centers leaseback companies in the Houston market. Lewis' family established the Oil Ranch, a family outing and public events venue for the Fortune 500 companies in the houston area and has hosted some of the largest company event parties for some of Houston's largest corporations. At a very young age he developed a love affair with design and building. After managing a franchised Chuck E. Cheese location, at 23 he acquired the outlet's assets and opened one of Houston’s first independently-owned animatronic pizza themed restaurants, "Banjo Billy's Pizza" which was named after his father Billy." His design skills came in handy as Lewis worked to produce, from scratch, the center's overall schematic including the look and feel of the business, new character's electronics/costumes and food recipes all without the help from a national franchisor.
The restaurant was later sold and Lewis decided to take a career sabbatical while he spent the following decade finishing school at Colorado State University. There he studied architecture and had the opportunity to explore every corner of the world, sketching and observing great architecture. Eventually, he took this passion and incorporated it into Lewbonne Development. He strongly believes that the lines that separate commercial and residential design are many times blurred and he often blends the two concepts into his award-winning residential projects.
