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Originally Posted by Obadno
I have no idea, obviously they need to find some mechanism to judge what organization has realistic intentions to develop and the resources too.
Seems like they just keep awarding nice looking renderings with no serious plan on how it will get done.
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What I'm seeing, at least in my opinion, is that developers are creating and submitting proposals which will score the most points just to win the RFP (and not create the best proposal possible). Although a proposal may score the highest points, it may not necessarily be the "best" project.
We've seen countless examples where the City has awarded the RFP to second-tier proposals. Deck Vista and American Legion Post site comes to mind. Some serious WTF moments there. Look at Regency RFP. One of the reasons they chose Berger was because they were supposed to have it ready in time by Super Bowl 2023. Look where that got us...
I really hope the City is smart enough to take a step back after all these failed RFPs and re-think the entire end-to-end process and figure out what exactly is the issue.