Giant is a Huge manufacturer of many brands of bikes... Merida is another big factory.
so in that, popular category its pretty crowded now.

A commuter bike with disc brakes is pretty much like a cross bike now..
If you don't need the bike to be really light to race with it.

consider like a Trek Portland, or a Redline Conquest classic .. they fall in that zone..

SOMA has a touring frame too, they thought ahead .. fitting a kickstand ..