The City of Midland is looking to move on from the Hotel Santa Rita project after a deadline was missed Tuesday.

According to Midland Mayor Jerry Morales, representatives with Santa Rita were scheduled to bring their financial plans to the City for review, but no such plans were submitted.

Now the City Council is moving forward with a "Request for Proposal", which will open the doors for other hotels to submit their proposals to the city.

Once approved the city would begin the process of looking at other hotels to build on the grounds of the old Midland County Courthouse.

Santa Rita could still be the final choice, but must now compete.

"We felt like we did a great job working with that local group, the Santa Rita. We wanted to be the best business partners we could be so we were kind of on the sideline waiting, and we felt like they had plenty of opportunities to submit their financials," said Morales, "They are not off the table completely, they will just have to join the other groups."

The multi-million dollar project had previously

from the city, pushing the start of the project back as far as 2019.

Initial plans had the project slated to start on October 31st, 2016.

Another possibility for the lot would be a park, according to Morales.

Morales says that the city is going to be moving fast on making a new decision.