Aerial of Block 6 in Old Town with the Whatcom Waterway and Bellingham Bay beyond

Old Town Village Block 6

Sector
Multi-Family
Location
Bellingham, WA
Client
Capron, LLC
A six-story mixed-use building in Bellingham's Old Town with 84 apartments, ground-floor commercial space, and a rooftop deck that looks out over the bay.

Overview

Architect
TRC Architecture
Completed
July 17, 2026

Block 6 is the first new building in Old Town Village, the redevelopment that is turning eight city blocks at the north end of Old Town from light industrial land into a neighborhood. It sits at 711 Astor Street, a few blocks from downtown Bellingham and the waterfront.

The six-story building holds 84 studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments over ground-floor commercial space. Residents share a rooftop deck with a covered lounge and views of Bellingham Bay, common lounges and a dining room, a courtyard with seating, a secured parking garage with EV charging, and a pet wash station. A rooftop solar array was finished in December 2025.

Dawson built it for Capron, LLC, with TRC Architecture. Panelized wood framing let the crew set a new level about every eight days, and the framing was done in two months. Our crews self-performed the post-tensioned deck forming and shoring with zero quality or safety issues.

Block 6 was delivered six weeks ahead of an 18-month schedule, and at one point the job was running ten weeks ahead. Cabinets were bought out early, before the 2025 tariffs landed, so the owner paid no tariff on them. For Old Town, it means 84 new homes on land that sat underused for decades, and the first building people can point to and say the Old Town Village plan is real.

Block 6 from the street corner in Old Town Bellingham
Aerial of Block 6 in Old Town with the Whatcom Waterway and Bellingham Bay beyond
Front entry of Block 6 at 711 Astor Street
Block 6 in Old Town Bellingham with Mount Baker on the horizon
Brick street front of Block 6 on West Holly Street with the rooftop deck canopy above
Covered rooftop deck at Block 6 with lounge seating
Building sign and balconies at Block 6
Aerial of the Block 6 street corner with downtown Bellingham behind
Rooftop deck at Block 6 with views over Bellingham
Courtyard lounge seating below the Block 6 building
Block 6 courtyard with picnic tables and string lights
Covered courtyard patio at Old Town Village Block 6
Elevator lobby at Old Town Village Block 6
Resident lounge and dining room at Block 6
Common lounge with green sofas at Block 6
Ground-floor lounge with street-facing windows at Block 6
Lounge seating area with feature wall at Block 6
Corner dining room with large windows at Block 6
Secured parking garage at Old Town Village Block 6
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