The development team eyeing a three-tower project that could include hotel, residential, office, retail and public spaces and planned for downtown’s Rutledge Hill will now seek Metro approval for the project.

Cleveland-based GBX Group and Essex Development, which is co-based in Louisville and Nashville, seek to undertake the project on an 11-parcel multi-acre site bordered by Middleton Street, Hermitage Avenue, Rutledge Street and Lea Avenue. The site includes the building last home to Hermitage Café and a structure, with an address of 40 Middleton St., slated for a restaurant.