The Creative Class is a modern apartment community housed in the prior Bradford Durfee Textile School in Fall River, MA. Built in 1904, the school operated in this location until the mid 1960s when it relocated to North Dartmouth. LLB Architects worked with the developer to adaptively reuse the buildings for modern residences while retaining historic materials and the character which draws residents to them. There are 55 units across the three buildings, including 11 artist preference studios, 14 one-bedrooms, 29 two-bedrooms, and 1 three-bedroom. The Creative Class offers both market rate and affordable apartments.

LLB worked with the developer and a historic preservation consultant to assist the developer in successfully attaining federal and state historic tax credits. This is the second large-scale residential conversion project which LLB has completed with the developer.