Despite the car park proposal, developer Realis Estates insisted they were "moving forward" with plans to build the City Sentral shopping mall by 2015.
Through the conversations about RFPs (requests for proposals), developers can comment publicly.
Every proposal that developers brought forward "was too large for the community but not large enough to be financially viable" for developers, Mr. Rich said.
Several years ago the Garden entertained a proposal by developers to vacate its site and move to the back of the post office.
This proposal envisions developers of the biggest buildings contributing to a fund for vague, as-yet-undetermined improvements to subway stations and other public spaces.
To sweeten the proposal, the developers, Michael Maidan and Emil Talel, have offered to buy a historic Methodist church, which its owner had planned to turn into a residence, and donate it to the village.
Now a proposal by developers to demolish most of a block of buildings on Broadway and replace them with a complex including a Westin hotel tower has the city pondering the future of its nostalgic main street, with its boot-and-hat stores, Dixieland flavor and country kitsch so retro it never lost its hipness in the first place.
When the Empire State Development Corporation first requested proposals from developers, all of their plans called for high concentrations of housing to help cover the cleanup costs.
Last month, the city released a request for proposals from developers, ending a bitter chapter in New York City's development history.
The administration subsequently solicited proposals from developers.
