Why Might UI be interested in the St. Andrew Site?

Jim Lane, in his post last week, talked about financial reasons why the city of University Heights should be interested in the future PRIVATE ownership of the St. Andrew church site. He also mentioned that it would likely NOT be in the city's best interest to see that parcel of land be acquired by the University of Iowa. That got me looking into WHY the UI might be interested?

This is a very rough look at how the St. Andrew property lines up with it's neighbors. Immediately to the north and west of the church is property owned by UI. Then you can see how much the UI owns west of the Iowa River. From the Sunset/Melrose corner UI owns everything west to Kennedy Parkway and north to Highway 6, except, St. Andrew, Birkdale and the few homes along the golf course. I don't think it is much of a stretch to consider that UI would be interested in purchasing this property if they were offered the rights to it.