What does the future holds for the 15 acre fail-jail site? A few months back Dan Gilbert said in an interview that he's working on plans for it and hopes to have a specific announcement this spring. Any guesses [[or tips) as to what he has up his sleeve? Here are a few of my guesses:

- Gilbert frequently mentions that downtown needs a tourist draw such as auto museum/theme park. Could something along those lines be part of a larger mixed use development? Who would/could fund such a project?
- Could it be a corporate announcement, a company moving to town and setting up shop? Or a big company already in town and expanding? Maybe one of the auto companies, maybe one the newcomers like Google, Linkedin, or Microsoft?
- Gilbert has a personal relationship with Bezos, and Amazon already occupies a large space downtown at 150 W Jefferson. One of the reasons Amazon selected NYC as HQ2 was because it was looking to expand into financial services, including mortgages. Hmm. With NYC now out of the HQ2 picture, would Amazon expand in Detroit to draft off of Quicken Loans? Or maybe set up a joint venture with Quicken headquartered on the site?
- Amazon just made a big equity investment in Rivian. Would Rivian expand or re-locate downtown, particularly if GM follows suits and invests in Rivian alongside Amazon as rumored?
- Gilbert recently bought Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, both Oakland CA based companies. Could a Detroit expansion or relocation be in the works?
- Could an announcement be much more mundane, simply as a reveal of mixed-use masterplan [[with renderings) with hotels, office, residential, and retail but with no corporate names, specific users, or financing attached?

What do you think?