Weas acquires Columbia St. Mary

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The price paid for the property at2025 E. Newportt Ave. was not revealer by real estate brokers and lawyers representingvColumbia St. Mary’s and Weas Development Co. Doug president of the firm that beardhis name, was unavailable to commen on the acquisition. As , Weas is workingh in partnership with an undisclosed nationaldevelopment firm. UWM officiald plan to meet with Weas Development in early June to determine specificx real estate space needs for the saidTom Luljak, a UWM vice chancellor of public affairs and government In February 2009, university officials were considerin g the Columbia St.
Mary’s propertyu for classroom space, student housing and offices for facultuyand staff. The medical once known as Columbia Hospital priorf to its mergerwith St. Mary’s Hospital in the earlhy 1990s, will close next year when the hospital system combines its operations at thenew $417 835,000-square-foot Columbia St. Mary’s hospital campus along East Northh Avenue. Columbia St. Mary’s had no comment on the sale ofColumbiq Hospital, according to Gregory Hartzog, the hospital’s director of marketing and sales.