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Construction starts on new Bellingham waterfront building

By Dave Gallagher

dgallagher@bhamherald.com

The new M/V Sally Fox, a 250-passenger aluminum catamaran built by All American Marine Inc., is pulled out of the Fairhaven facility in March 2015. All American Marine is scheduled to have a bigger facility on the central Bellingham waterfront at the end of 2016.
The new M/V Sally Fox, a 250-passenger aluminum catamaran built by All American Marine Inc., is pulled out of the Fairhaven facility in March 2015. All American Marine is scheduled to have a bigger facility on the central Bellingham waterfront at the end of 2016. All American Marine Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald
BELLINGHAM

Construction is underway for All American Marine’s new boat-building waterfront facility.

Soil prep work is currently being done by RAM Construction and will soon be followed with construction of the 57,000-square-foot building, according to a news release from the Port of Bellingham. The $10 million project is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The cost of the facility will be repaid by All American Marine through a 25-year lease with the port.

The facility is being built on Hilton Avenue near Bellwether Way so the company can expand and meet customer requests for bigger vessels, said Matt Mullett, president and CEO of All American Marine. The company will be relocating from its smaller facility in Fairhaven.

In the news release Mullett said they plan to hire 27 additional employees after the move into the bigger building is complete.

This story was originally published June 2, 2016 at 4:46 PM with the headline "Construction starts on new Bellingham waterfront building."

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