Central State wants to buy Reynolds site for its new campus JANUARY 17, 2007 (wcsu) - DAYTON Central State University is in negotiations to buy a former Reynolds and Reynolds building near Interstate 75 and downtown for an expanded west Dayton campus, CSU President John W. Garland said Tuesday.

The building, at 951 W. Washington St., is in the Reynolds and Reynolds complex near Germantown Street.

CSU said the deal involves the building that once housed the electric-blue, highly visible Gem City Clock.

But the City of Dayton owns the building that housed the timepiece, which has been moved into storage, and had worked a deal with the Ohio Department of Transportation to demolish it, the Dayton Daily News reported in July.

City officials were not available to provide an update on the building.

"We consider that location to be the ideal site, but nothing has been finalized," Garland said.

He expects to close the deal by February.

The building will be purchased with the help of a private donor who does not want to be identified, Garland said, noting, "It's a Dayton businessman and alumnus."

CSU currently offers evening and Saturday courses to about 200 students at a location in the Jackson Center building, 329 Abbey Ave.

The new campus would serve 500 students and would offer dual-enrollment with Sinclair Community College as part of CSU's Speed to Scale initiative, Garland said.


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