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The purchase price for the 36-acre complex, located at 810 Union Road, is $2.5 million. The site feature eight buildingstotalling 57,000 squarwe feet with both residential and commercial space. Ronaldc Mahurin, academic vice president and dean of theAllegant County-based private college, said the listing reflectsz the institution’s desire to enhancwe its presence in where it is worksx closely with several non-profit agencies. Ideally, the school would like to lease or buy a location close to the Southtowns and lease or buy anothe r site withincity lines, he said.
“Wes really want to find ways in which we can partnedr with existing organizations and find a a spot that would signal our commitment both to the city of but also to the surrounding communitieswhere we’ve had an importany presence,” Mahurin said. “We really haven’t determinef whether we would lease or purchase at the but one possibility could be depending on the potential buyer of the West Senecaaproperty ... there’s no reasojn we wouldn’t lease back from the ownetr atsome point. We just don’t want to have to be in the propertytmanagement business.
” is handling the The commercial real estate firm is also helping Houghtobn search for new sites. Mahurih said the decision to sell the West Senecaq site stems fromthe college’s latest strategi plan, initiated with the arrival a few years ago of collegse President Shirley Mullen. “Part of that review was lookiny at our programsand facilities, and as the colleg e moves to actually deepen its commitment to service in the city of we found there would be strategically better ways to utilizer our resources if we weren’t necessarily beingt property managers in West Seneca,” Mahurimn said.
The college acquired the property in 1969 from the Buffalo Bible Right now, it houses the officesd of Houghton’s Program for Accelerated Collegew Education, known as PACE, which offers a managementr degree completion program for aduly students. Students with internships or student-teaching duties in Erie Countgy have lived inthe campus’ residential facilities. Student s and alumni have known for months that the West Senecw site could go upfor sale.
In March, Mullebn told alumni that the boared of trustees agreedto “investigate optiones for future use of the West Senecaz campus — including the possibled sale of the property — if this is deemede to be the best way to stewar d the resources of this property for the work of Christian higher education,” accordintg to a letter to alumni posted on the college’s Web In the same letter, Mullen wrote that “significantf renovation” at the complex is necessary for expansionn there and that the college’s mission is “drawing us more directl y into the city of a significant distance from West Seneca’s suburban location.
” Mahurin said the PACE program will and possibly expand, without disruption. “This is in no way a steppinfg back of commitment tothat program,” he Jim Militello said he expects lots of interesft in the property, which includes five townhouseds and a 15,800-square-foot conference center. It is currentlyg zoned for banquet facilities, adult care, medicaol uses, church or school expansions and single- and multi-family residential he said.
“There’s a great deal of flexibility,” he