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Local Land Developer Proposes 85-Foot High Office Building in East Cesar Chavez

Austin (Travis County) — The Zoning & Platting Commission decided to forward an amendment to a land designation request for an 85-foot vertical office development to the City Council without recommendation, during Tuesday’s meeting.

The move was due in large part because commissioners could not come to a consensus about the project and only eight commissioners were in attendance.

The measure would have required that seven commissioners approve of the request.

The 0.874-acre property is located on the north side of East 5th Street, between Medina Street and Waller Street, and generally located at 1100 E 5th Street in the city’s East Cesar Chavez neighborhood.

The property comprises 11 small lots that extend from East 5th Street to an alley on the north.

Currently occupying the site is the 16,616 square-foot Fair Market warehouse building, an indoor/outdoor entertainment venue and associated offices.

Dennis McDaniel, founder of the real estate development company Austin Fairchild Management Company, LLC, is proposing the construction of a six-story office building, with ground floor retail and five levels of underground parking.