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October 10, 2025

Co-housing plans sprout in Bellingham and near Arlington

By BRIAN MILLER
Real Estate Editor

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Rooted Northwest’s “agrivillage” in Arlington would mix low-density housing with a permaculture farm. Renderings via Caddis Collaborative

The city of Bellingham hasn't yet sold a surplus school district building at 1306 Dupont St., and the intended buyer may yet reconsider a plan to convert it to housing. That creaky 117-year-old brick structure, with subsequent additions, is the kind of investment that would give pause to any traditional developer's ambition. Too easily, such masonry dreams can turn into a money pit. (The building also experienced burst pipes and flooding during the winter of 2023-24.)


 
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