Bellingham’s downtown waterfront will be expanding in 2024 with new retail spaces emerging.

The Port of Bellingham says that Zeek’s Pizza and Bin 13 Wine Bar will open locations in their Portal Container Village starting in May. Bin 13’s container space will also feature the village’s first upper-level deck, showcasing a vantage point overlooking the entire container village.

As the container village continues to expand, The Port will also offer more retail space in other containers dedicated for local artists to display their work. The Portal Putt mini-golf course will be expanding next year from 9 holes to a full 18-hole course. To accommodate for increased traffic in the area, Port officials say that they’ll be adding a larger restroom to the village.

Additional expansions are planned for 2025, and the Port is accepting ideas and requests for future businesses.

Reservations for both the local artist container space and the Peter Paulson Stage are now open for 2024.