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While design review meetings for new development have slowed to a trickle, the winter will include hearings over potential landmarks protections for three properties around Central Seattle.

The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods last week announced two new area  nominations.

Next week, the Landmarks Preservation Board will consider the nomination of the 102-year-old Lake Court Apartments on the shores of Lake Washington in Madison Park.

In February, the board will consider a nomination for protections for a 1901-era, three-story apartment building at 1411 Boylston Ave owned by Historic Seattle.

Meanwhile, CHS reported here on the city’s decision to delay a hearing on the 108-year-old Phillis Wheatley YWCA building slated for demolition at 21st Ave and Denny. That meeting is now slated for December. The city’s initiation of a nomination for the 21st Ave is an unusual step. In the majority of hearings, property owners and developers either hoping to establish protections — or eliminate the risk — typically sponsor the efforts.

The 6,293-square-foot building had been used as transitional housing by Pioneer Human Services before its 2020 $1.75 million sale to developer Great Expectations. The company says it is planning Taxus House for the location, a proposed 49-unit apartment building just off E Madison.

CHS will have an updated report on the situation soon.

As for the other Capitol Hill nomination, the timing for Historic Seattle could be a harbinger of change for the Boylston building. Historic Seattle acquired six Belmont-Boylston properties in 1989 and rehabilitated the old houses in what it called the Bel-Boy project. The organization sold five of the six buildings in 2008. It says 1411 Boylston Avenue was retained and has been operated as a 17-unit, single room occupancy, low-income apartment building.

A check of permits and recent filings shows no planned redevelopment or construction projects but one filing could signal changes are in the works. A “tenant relocation license” for the address filed this summer is currently being reviewed by the city.

You can learn more about the nominations and how to comment on possible protections at seattle.gov.

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