So are the developers bidding to build the project, which could include a swap for the FBI's Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Related won the right to build the project in 2004.
CleanPath Ventures is seeking a federal loan guarantee to build the project, according to Mr. Cheney.
But it still needs the government loan to build the project.
Even if casino gambling fails to gain approval, Empire Resorts says it will build the project.
It is also using an affiliated company, Monadnock Construction, to build the project.
But the commitment of those who wanted to build the project, Foxhill Manor, did not wane.
Clearview's partners said it was in their best interest to sell rather than build the project themselves.
Mr. White says the lack of opposition stems from his company's decision to build the project without public financing.
As a result, company officials said, they would be able to build the project that much more quickly.
He said he and his partner, Veronica Hackett, secured the financing and last October proceeded to build the project alone.
