Travis County Commissioners Court voted 3-0-2 at its Sept. 13 meeting to issue a request for proposals to develop a 77,215-square-foot property at 308 Guadalupe St. in downtown Austin. The RFP will solicit offers aimed at maximizing the value of the county-owned property. The county has hired commercial real estate firm CBRE Inc. and is working with a team of consultants including AECOM. Responses to the RFP will be due by Nov. 9. The site was considered as a potential location to expand civil and family courts capacity as part of a failed bond in November. Commissioner Brigid Shea said the vote is the court’s response to the message voters sent about maximizing the value of downtown real estate. “We heard the voters, and now we're attempting to say, ‘Y'all told us this block was too valuable for a courthouse.’ … How valuable is it and what would be proposed there that might be appropriate? That's what we're commencing with this process,” she said. Commissioners Ron Davis and Margaret Gómez abstained.