The landscape of downtown South Bend could once again be getting a face-lift.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg throwing his support behind a downtown relocation of the South Shore Line.

The city was considering several options including near the chocolate shop, west of the airport, or near the Honeywell plant.

The downtown site recommended is on South Street near Four Winds Field.

Buttigieg called the opportunity "once in a generation."

"It's potentially in reach and I think we owe it to our city's future to take the next steps in developing that," Mayor Pete Buttigieg said.

Buttigieg estimates the cost to be $100 million dollars - a heavy price that could be the ultimate payoff.

"Think of the possibilities,if the heart of our city was 90 minutes away by train from the heart of one of the most dynamic economic centers in the world," Buttigieg said.

South Shore President Michael Noland is considering the mayor's recommendation.

"With the enthusiasm and the city has a very strong interest as you heard from the mayor tonight to get downtown and to find that backing its a viable option." Noland said.

Buttigieg wants this relocation to restore common sense logic that train lines should have the capability to run from one downtown to another.

"The reason downtown arouses the most excitement is that it has the most potential," Buttigieg said.

But, residents are upset that their Ardmore neighborhood could be in jeopardy.

"I wish that I could say tonight that I was 100% pleased with what the mayor had announced," resident Karen Kazmierzak said. "But the fact that the airport authorities still want to build a freight terminal and move the terminal to the west side of the airport leaves a lot of questions in our mind."

A common criticism from the council? The lack of communication from all sides of the issue.

"We always try to get the right balance if we don't have it fully baked enough then they will ask for more detail but if we have it too fully baked then they'll feel like there wasn't enough consultation," Buttigieg said.

The mayor said his next steps are figuring out the environmental, financial and engineering factors that will go into putting the South Shore line downtown.