WPCNR DEVELOPERS DAILY. From a White Plains CitizeNetReporter. December 6, 2007: The Common Council which published a lengthy letter in the White Plains Times three months ago stating their unequivocal opposition to the Delfino Administration Request for Qualifications from developers issued last August in an effort to upgrade the White Plains Railroad station area has reversed itself. Today, WPCNR has learned the council will review Requests for Qualifications submissions from four developers next week, who responded to the RFQ. Prior to the election, the Council said they would not review any proposals or qualifications generated by the RFQ

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On Monday, at 6 PM in the Mayor's Conference Room the Council will hear a presentation from Archstone Smith/Tishman-Speyer and Reckson, a firm that (as WPCNR first reported last month) has developed a preliminary plan which Reckson had showed to three members of the Council of Neighborhood Associations in October. Those persons were Candyce Corcoran, Bob Myerson and  Marc Politzer, who each greeted the plan with enthusiasm.  

On Thursday, December 20 at  6 PM at the regular work session, the Council will hear from two other suitors, Rex Corporation and Albanese Development Corporation/Starwood Capital Group (the hotel organization).

In September, four members of the council had published a flat rejection of any interest in following through on any developers or development plans generated by the Delfino Administration Request for Qualifications.  They rejected the Mayor's vision for developing the station. Now they are willing to see visions. In September the four (Councilpersons Malmud, Boykin, Power and Roach) wrote:

“ We serve notice that we do not support the RFQ recently released by the mayor’s office through the commissioner of planning and will avail ourselves of all measures at our disposal to bring this ill-considered proposal to a quick end." and that any proposals should have "input from our residents is what is required."