With the deadline now up, it's kind of sad to see so little interest in the property.
You were not going to get much feedback from a 30 day deadline when two of the other proposals have had months to iron out something. It's a waste of resources when you can invest your development money in much better markets across the globe.
Strongly disagree that the 30 day window had anything to do with the lack of interest. Everybody on this message board has known for almost a year that the RFP was coming sooner than later. It wasn't a surprise. Any reasonably informed or interested developer would be tracking it as well. Worst case scenario, they found out two months ago when Khan unveiled his plans and the announcement came that an RFP was imminent. Speaking from my experience working in marketing in the field of civil engineering though, you do your homework and due diligence months before the project is officially advertised.
DVI even publicly stated at last month's meeting that they were open to extending the solicitation period if there was a groundswell of interest in the property. Potential developers have had ample time to at least put together enough of a plan to request an extension of the deadline.
If the Shipyards is the hot property that some suggest, you'd think the city could do better than a printout from Wikipedia and a sketch of Noah's Arc on a napkin.
Fully remediated, maybe the results are different, but right here right now, I simply don't think the 30-day window mattered.
