A new office building on Municipal Drive in Fishers received approval for one waiver from the Nickel Plate Review Committee Wednesday, but a second waiver was assigned to the city staff to work with the Keystone Group and its architect, Rottman Collier, to iron out the other waiver request.

The proposed AMP West office building, to be constructed next to the existing Flexware office complex, received approval for a waiver of the Nickel Plate Code for its façade masonry, but Fishers Planning and Zoning staff was asked to work with the developer on its request for metal ribbed paneling to be used as a material, proposed at 23.1% of the structure’s exterior.

Several members of the committee commented on the contrasting colors for the outside of the building and the architects appeared willing to work on that with the city.

The purpose of the Nickel Plate Review Committee is to aid in the review and approval of projects within the city-created Nickel Plate District and the City Center Residential Zoning District, per the Nickel Plate Code.

In another matter before the committee, the city staff explained a proposal to expand the Nickel Plate District into the Northeast Commerce Park.  The tech park includes such operations at Launch Fishers, DeVeau’s School of Gymnastics, the Indiana IOT Lab and the Hamilton County Community Foundation.

The proposed expansion received first reading from the Fishers City Council.  The city staff will conduct a virtual town hall with the businesses in the Northeast Commerce Park.  The Fishers Plan Commission will hold a public hearing on the plan, then the City Council will vote on the measure.