Saint Joseph’s University (SJU) is selling multiple properties on and near its University City campus (formerly University of the Sciences), after an unsuccessful bid to find a single buyer for the entire campus, according to reports.

Earlier this month, SJU put up for sale five properties, including the off-campus student housing building, Osol Hall, located at 510 S. 42nd Street. It has now added seven more campus buildings to this list, according to Philadelphia Business Journal, including the Athletic Recreation Center, the main parking lot and green area (the Quad), the Wilson Student Center, the Joseph England Library, Goodman, Hall and Alumni Hall. These properties have a combined assessed value of $58.45 million, according to Philadelphia tax records.

SJU’s University City campus is located along Woodland Avenue between 42nd and 45th Streets. To see where the individual properties are located, check out this map.

SJU acquired USciences in 2022 for its myriad science- and health-related programs, their accreditations and faculty. Most of those programs have since moved to the university’s City Avenue (Hawk Hill) campus. Soon after the acquisition, SJU began courting potential buyers for the Usciences campus buildings and land.

Some properties offered up for sale, like the Joseph England Library, have been closed for a while, but many others remain operational and the campus is still open overall.

While putting these properties up for sale individually, SJU is still continuing to search for a single buyer for the campus. SJU revealed their plans to local community groups in late 2023, but began soliciting bids on the property soon after they acquired it from USciences in 2022. A community-based advisory committee was created in 2023, tasked with brainstorming ideas for the campus and nearby buildings owned by SJU. Proposals included another university buying and occupying the space, a residential neighborhood complete with a commercial corridor, apartment buildings or even a school. Some of these projects would require zoning changes and involve community zoning meetings. It is not clear how this process will go now since a single buyer/new developer for the campus wasn’t found.

By the way, Rosenberger Hall, the small building located at 600 S. 43rd St. within Clark Park boundaries, is owned by the city and is not part of the sale. St. Joe’s lease of that building expires in 2029.