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Developers ask for new Congress Avenue hotel zoning

By Robert Grattan
Jan. 7. 2014

Two Austin property owners have filed documents with the city of Austin that could clear the way for a new hotel and restaurant on Congress Avenue.

The Coventus Corporation and the Finley Company have submitted a request asking the city to allow them to build a portion of a building closer to Congress Avenue as well as work with one off-street loading space of 10 feet by 30 feet, according to documents filed with the city.

The 7th and Congress Hotel project is described as a 450 room hotel with a 5,400-square-foot restaurant, according to the traffic analysis included in city documents.

The rezoning, made under the city's Central Urban Redevelopment program, would cut the developers a break from the stepback requirement for buildings on Congress Avenue.

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