The concern was the reason for the city's rezoning effort called "East Midtown Rezoning". A developer submits his or her regulating plan for approval through the rezoning process. The neighborhood is currently undergoing a massive rezoning of mixed residential and commercial properties. This plan was later abandoned in favor of constructing residential housing, which required rezoning. This included demolishing more than 700 buildings and rezoning land. The rezoning also includes a waterfront park. The site was farmland and required a rezoning to proceed with construction. In 2003, Mike Showler led a successful referendum to block the rezoning. In April 2018, the city council voted 5-4 to allow the rezoning. The new headquarters is part of the East Midtown rezoning plan. The Aquarium was also planning a renovation in conjunction with the rezoning. The public had many concerns about the new rezoning. In 2007, the DCP started circulating a rezoning plan that would cover of Coney Island. There has been rezoning to guard against oversize buildings near Coney Island Avenue. Following the rezoning, over $610 million in real estate was purchased.