NYCEDC is seeking input that may further inform the refinement of the recently approved Vision Plan for BMT, as the project moves forward through environmental review and eventually to one or more Requests for Proposals (“RFPs”). The goal is to solicit ideas for how BMT could be optimized for maritime industrial uses. Input is specifically sought on, but not limited to: 1. Port operators/developers who would be interested in responding to one or more future RFPs for the operation and development of the BMT port and cruise terminal facilities together as a single commercial port area both consulting the proposed BMT Vision Plan and also allowing for alternate configurations to the footprint as proposed in the Vision Plan. 2. Refinements to the BMT Vision Plan (if any) that could be made to increase interest in the future RFPs, including small or large-scale changes to the physical layout, size, configuration, or other existing constraints. 3. Potential market advantages or disadvantages of linking the BMT port facility to the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center or other existing or future coastal facilities via the water through a Blue Highway network and the importance of having unified operations at these facilities. 4. Feedback from the business community regarding the potential to significantly increase the type and/or level of maritime industrial activity at the BMT port facility and what infrastructure investments or other improvements would be most important in achieving this increase. 5. Feedback regarding the number, type, size, and configuration of new buildings that would need to be built at the BMT site to maximize the potential throughput at the site and the market opportunities for financing the construction of these new buildings.
