What’s real today
Open city-owned sites
City-owned lots that are open today, from the holes inventory.
This is what exists today, from documents. Checked October 3, 2026 (CT). Not a proposal.
A short inventory of open city-owned lots near the lakefront and downtown.
Each line names the source file and the line number in that file. Primary documents are linked where one exists.
Armory lot, 516 Broughton Dr: City-owned, 2.445 acres, Urban Residential-12, TID 21, “Negotiable (City Owned).” The lot is grass. No development agreement or request for proposals was found, and no dollars are earmarked for the lot itself.
Source: city records.
Former Senior Activity Center, 428 Wisconsin Ave: City-owned, about 1.2 acres, Neighborhood Residential-6, TID 21. Senior services moved to Uptown Social at 1817 N 8th St. The contract bid states that “development of the cleared site is not scheduled.”
Source: city records.
8th & Ontario (former Fountain Park Restaurant and Inn site): the hotel deal ended on August 17, 2026 and the city still owns the land, which it bought for $3.2 million.
Source: city records.
The county parcels at 8th & Ontario that appear to match the site are all City-owned, zoned CC (Central Commercial), about 1.25 acres in total. That these are the exact hotel-site parcels is not confirmed.
Source: city records.
South Pier parcels listed as “Negotiable (City Owned)”: 800 Blue Harbor Dr (3.31 acres, owned by the Redevelopment Authority, PUD zoning, TID 21), 600 South Pier Dr (0.66 acre) and the 400 block of South Pier Dr (0.16 acre). No asking price is stated.
Source: city records.
Unresolved
We looked and could not confirm these. They stay open until a document answers them.
UnresolvedA city-wide list of vacant or demolished lots was not found.
Source: city records.
Source
City records.