[aaron38]

We lost The Lucas because he insisted on building it on land that wasn't his. As far as I'm concerned it was never a serious proposal. And neither is this. Serious proposals from serious developers acquire private land and then build on their land.
And as broke as the city is, the asking price for park land (yes, even parking lots in parks) should be 10 times the recent private land sale price in that neighborhood.
I'd bet they'd reconsider the location if they weren't being gifted a massive handout.