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The District’s Historic Preservation Review Board is going through a long-standing vacancy crisis, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t considering buildings for preservation. The latest high-profile nominee to cross the HPRB’s desk? The Wonder Bread Factory at 641 S Street NW in Shaw.

According to the Washington Business Journal, the Factory was nominated for inclusion on the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites, which would protect the warehouse from being razed or significantly altered. The building sat vacant and falling apart for years, but owners Douglas Development Corp. recently renovated the interior of the building in preparation for the 40th anniversary party of the D.C. Preservation League; before the party, however, the building was deemed “structurally unsafe” by a city inspector.

Douglas has plans to turn the building into condominiums, though a precise timeline for that project has yet to emerge.