Chicago-based Topography Hospitality, LLC, a new boutique hospitality company, announced Jan. 9, 2024 that it had entered into a contract to purchase the satellite George Williams College campus of Aurora University, 350 Constance Blvd. in Williams Bay. Topography proposes repositioning the historic 137-acre site overlooking Geneva Lake as The Preserve at Williams Bay, which would include a 90-acre nature preserve, a retreat center and amphitheater, and a luxurious country inn. Topography has also expressed its commitment to reviving George Williams College’s popular Music by the Lake outdoor summer concert series, held annually from June-August at the campus’ lakeside Ferro Pavilion.
Plans by Chicago-based Topography Hospitality, LLC to redevelop Aurora University’s idled former George Williams College campus for “limited resort” usage as The Preserve at Williams Bay took a small but significant step forward on Dec. 16, as the Williams Bay Village Board cast split 5-2 votes approving a second reading of and then approving passage of Ordinance 2024-06, adopting amendments to the village’s 2023 Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
Chicago-based Topography Hospitality, LLC, a new boutique hospitality company, announced Jan. 9, 2024 that it had entered into a contract to purchase the satellite George Williams College campus of Aurora University, 350 Constance Blvd. in Williams Bay. Topography proposes repositioning the historic 137-acre site overlooking Geneva Lake as The Preserve at Williams Bay, which would include a 90-acre nature preserve, a retreat center and amphitheater, and a luxurious country inn. Topography has also expressed its commitment to reviving George Williams College’s popular Music by the Lake outdoor summer concert series, held annually from June-August at the campus’ lakeside Ferro Pavilion.
