Now it may have to find a new home again. The Drenner Group’s Leah Bojo represented the building’s owner, Sixth & Lavaca 2018 LP, at the hearing to determine whether the demolition permit would move forward or whether the city would push for historic zoning instead. Despite the owner’s opposition to historic zoning, preservation staff recommended historic zoning based on the building’s architecture and historic associations. The warehouse at the corner of West Sixth and Lavaca was constructed around 1919. Some of the past businesses that have occupied the building include a series of ice cream companies in the 1920s Capital Seed House from 1939-1959 and Lindsay Auto Electric from 1937-1959.īojo disputed the idea that the building should become a historic landmark due to its historical associations and architecture. S he pointed to a large awning that once wrapped around the building, noting that its absence in the present day was an indication that the exterior of the building was “considerably different” than it had been in the past.
