RFPs issued for 16 city sites.

Wanted: Proposals to develop 16 city-owned sites in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the city's Economic Development Corporation recently announced that it is issuing requests for proposals for the sites, which comprise about 777,000 square feet in total.

"We have been extremely successful in the past in encouraging private investment for city-owned property and I am confident that these current offerings will result in many exciting proposals," Giuliani said. "We will capitalize on the city's healthy economy and put these under-utilized sites back on the tax rolls."

City officials cited Guastavino's at Bridgemarket under the Queensboro Bridge as an example of a successful redevelopment of city-owned property. EDC selected Bridgemarket L.P. to develop the 61,000-square-foot parcel.

The city-owned properties the city is seeking development proposals include municipal parking garage in downtown Brooklyn; a parking lot in Rosedale, Queens; and a parking garage in Kew Gardens, Queens. An entire city block in the Bathgate Industrial Park in central Bronx, two industrial properties in the 550-acre College Point Corporate Park in Queens are also being offered, eight sites in the East New York In-Place Industrial Park in Brooklyn, and two industrial sites in Rockaway, Queens are also being offered.

"The properties we are offering today present a variety of excellent development possibilities," said EDC president Michael Carey. "I encourage anyone interested to submit proposals to take advantage of this opportunity to invest in New York City."

An informational meeting about the sites will be held 9 a.m. Feb. 14 at Guastavino's Restaurant, 409 B. 59th St. Proposals are due by 2 p.m. March 29. To attend the meeting or request an RFP package, call [phone] or email [e-mail] with the phrase "Opportunities for Development" in the subject line.

Proposals will be selected based on several factors including the proposed purchase price, number of jobs that will be created, and the projected tax revenue that will be generated. The project's urban design and relationship to the neighborhood will also be considered The development team's qualifications will be reviewed, including its track record for completing similar types of projects in a timely fashion, according to the EDC.

Detailed descriptions of some of the sites are as follows:

* The Bathgate Industrial Park site in central Bronx contains one parcel consisting of an entire city block, with approximately 107,300 square feet of vacant land. The parcel is zoned M1-4 and designated as part of the Bathgate Urban Renewal Area, suitable for industrial and light industrial uses of an M1-1 zone. The industrial park is located within a New York Empire Zone making businesses there eligible for business, wage, sales and investment tax credits. Bathgate is convenient to the Grand Concourse and the Cross Bronx Expressway, two subway lines and seven bus routes.

* The Downtown Brooklyn site has a 4-story, 515-space parking garage at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street. The footprint of the site is approximately 47,416 square feet and is zoned C6-1. The site is surrounded by a mix of commercial and residential uses and is close to bus routes, subways, major roadways and the Long Island Rail Road.

* Eight industrial sites ranging, in size from 1,900 to 19,000 square feet are available in the East New York In-Place Industrial Park in Brooklyn. The sites are zoned M1-4 and are within a New York State Empire Zone. The 40-block industrial park contains more than 100 light manufacturers and is located between Atlantic Avenue, Sheffield Avenue, Sutter Avenue and Powell Street.

* A municipal parking lot in Rosedale, Queens contains approximately 47,100 square feet and is suitable for commercial or residential development. It is located on North Conduit Avenue between Brookville and Francis Lewis Boulevard, adjacent to the Rosedale Long Island Rail Road station, and close to bus routes, the Sunrise Highway and Laurelton Parkway.