Dreaming of Interesting Things for a High Profile Lot in the Sloop

It's fun to dream. So put on your step outside of your box and go with us on a completely hypothetical exercise of creative thought.


We recently read that a very high profile piece of land in the South Loop is going up for auction:

Offering 837 feet of river frontage and 216 feet of frontage on Roosevelt road, this 5+acre site is bordered and ties together some of Chicago’s most recent high profile developments. With its immediate neighbors, such as
Roosevelt Collection and old-line destination properties, such as Soldier Field, the Museum Campus, University of Illinois/Chicago (UIC), the parcel is ideally positioned for city support.

Obviously it's going to come at high price, but put on your city planner hat or developer hat and let us know what you would like to see in this space.

We're going the ridiculous "but wouldn't that be interesting" route with our dream. We would like to see a one of a kind championship golf course built by Tiger Woods that links this property with the larger vacant property south of Roosevelt. For good measure we would also like to build a platform over the train tracks west of the river to afford more land for our golf course. Realizing this isn't very feasible we would like to utilize some unique golf design attributes like greens with two pins and holes with multiple tee boxes to utilize the most of the land. Yes, it's crazy, but it would be unique and showcase golf in a unique, urban way. Oh and we would be able to play golf without driving to the suburbs and waiting in that annoying traffic for hours.

So what are your ridiculous thoughts/dreams for this property?

It will probably end-up becoming a Wal-Mart, but it's fun to dream...sigh.