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Warehouse Deemed Historic, Limiting Plans for Proposed Office Development

SEATTLE-The decision by the Landmarks Preservation Board means illionaire Paul Allen's Vulcan Northwest and Schnitzer Northwest can no longer raze the structure for open space, but the developers say they have a contingency plan.

By Ingrid Ricks | Updated on November 02, 2000

SEATTLE-Seattle’s Landmark Preservation Board has given historic status to the Van Vorst warehouse at the south end of Lake Union, changing the plans of Bellevue-based Vulcan Northwest and Kirkland-based Schnitzer Northwest, which are 50-50 partners in a proposed 500,000-sf office development on the site. The building was to be razed for open space between two buildings slated for either side of the warehouse at 415 Boren Ave. N. Those building will now likely have to be set back from the building, possibly forcing other site changes or shrinking the buildings. Two other proposed buildings aren’t affected by the ruling.

Suzi Morris, investment manager for Schnitzer Northwest, says the company expected the decision and has contingency plans, though she was not ready to release them . “What we really want to do is get the buildings built and leased and go on with life. The two proposed buildings (flanking the Van Vorst warehouse) will be slightly impacted, but this is not going to render the project infeasible. We will just have to come up with a solution that incorporates the warehouse in the best manner possible, she says.”

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