A large apartment complex is still in the planning stages for the northwest corner of the busy NW 85th St and 15th Ave NW intersection, with updated plans emerging.
The plans are for a seven-story mixed-use building with one level of below-grade parking. There would be 200 total residential units, 11,300 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor, and parking accessible off the alley. (Find the Design Review Proposal PDF here.)
The apartment complex would be the first in the Crown Hill Urban Village to be built to the recently up-zoned 75-foot height limit.
Architects Clark Barnes have presented a number of different design options, with the preferred version creating a combined larger building (as opposed to two separate buildings connected by a narrow alleyway). That design includes a public plaza at the intersection of 85th and 15th (shown below, denoted by the number 1).
According to the Seattle DJC, developers LMC (Lennar Multifamily Communities) are behind the plans, set to buy the 30,940-square-foot property.