City staff members have suggested examining how glare would affect those on the field at Breese Stevens Field, those living in nearby high-rises and drivers of vehicles on East Washington Avenue.

The approximately 257,000-square-foot, mixed-use tower would be mostly sheathed in glass and include first-floor commercial space, offices above, a green roof and parking structure. It would join a number of other nearby developments along East Washington Avenue that have transformed the corridor in the last decade.

Vote postponed

The Urban Design Commission approved the project at its March 13 meeting, but asked the Plan Commission to consider potential effects of glare on the surrounding area before making its decision. The Plan Commission then postponed voting on the project on March 25 until Brink completed a glare study that could also be presented to the Urban Design Commission.

Brink, who previously said that the building’s design already included glass that factored in potential glare, said the consultant’s preliminary results are encouraging.

“We will not be a problem,” Brink said. “They just want to see it, too.”