Gather Bellingham is a 290,000 square foot student housing development near Western Washington University with structured parking and premium amenities. The building includes a 95,444 square foot parking structure, two levels above grade and one below, with 270 spaces. The multi-level design maximizes site efficiency while minimizing surface parking impacts.
Five residential levels hold 133 units totaling 417 bedrooms in a mix of sizes and configurations. Roughly 11,000 square feet of shared space includes a fitness center, study areas, indoor bike storage, sports lounges, and leasing offices. These aren't afterthoughts; they're built to make the building feel like a community, not just a place to sleep.
The project tested every aspect of large-scale residential construction: below-grade excavation, structural parking, five stories of residential framing, and hundreds of individual unit build-outs on an immovable academic-calendar deadline. Gather Bellingham opened on schedule for the academic year, delivering 417 beds with the parking, amenities, and finish quality that modern student housing demands. It is one of Dawson's largest completed residential developments and a proof point for the team's capacity to deliver complex, multi-trade construction on a fixed deadline with zero margin for delay.
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