Cornerstone will begin building its first collegiate project in 2025 after being selected to build the Cascadia Gateway CC5 Building for Cascadia College just a mile away from our corporate office in Bothell. The team has already begun preconstruction on this four-story, 37,600-square-foot facility. The Gateway CC5 Building will serve as the front door to Cascadia College, welcoming students and providing a consolidation of student support services which are currently spread across campus in various locations. With these services under one roof, students will have a place to connect with those services as well as with one another, deepening their sense of community and engagement in their collegiate experience.
The building’s designer, Mahlum Architects, has designed the mixed-use education facility to meet Cascadia’s commitment to high-performance sustainable design and construction. The building will target LEED Silver certification but is currently tracking towards the higher LEED Gold certification. A mixture of steel framing and cross-laminated timber (CLT), the building will also utilize photovoltaic panels on the roof for energy requirements, low-flow plumbing fixtures to control water usage, an electric hybrid air-to-water heat pump water heater providing heated water, and lighting fixtures that support conservation goals.
“Many of our projects are performed on occupied campuses,” said Dave Flynn, president of Cornerstone. “This is where we bring value to Cascadia College with our extensive experience in that type of work. We know how to build on an operational, bustling campus while keeping students, staff and our workers safe.”
The Gateway’s 20-month construction schedule will include building the new facility, connecting it to the adjacent CC2 building with a skybridge, and performing selective demolition of the existing CC2 building to accommodate the skybridge.
“This is our first project for Cascadia College, and we’re excited not only to deliver this beautiful, modern student services facility, but we’re also excited about adding collegiate work to our portfolio of more than 80 educational projects in Western Washington,” said Flynn. “Our passion for building educational facilities stems from our desire to see our communities and students thrive.”
