The University of Liverpool is set to sell its Carnatic halls of residence site after closing them last year.
Letters sent to neighbours of the south Liverpool site confirmed the university's intentions to sell, and said the university would be looking for a purchaser or house developer to take on the site in the coming weeks.
The site will likely attract a large amount of attention from developers, sitting in a highly desirable part of south Liverpool.
The university has redeveloped its accommodation facilities in recent years, creating two new accommodation hubs in Greenbank and the city centre.
A University of Liverpool spokeswoman said the site no longer met the needs of students.
She said: “The Carnatic Halls of Residence site was closed in June 2019 as part of the University’s long-term residential strategy, which has seen the opening of two new accommodation sites on our city-centre campus and the refurbishment of our Greenbank Student Village.
“Operating for more than 50 years, the ageing nature of the buildings on the Carnatic site means it no longer meets the needs of our students and this has led to our decision to sell.
“There will be a full public consultation as part of the sale and planning process, which we expect to take place over the coming months.”
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The Carnatic Halls were built in 1964 and closed in June last year.
The student accommodation was built on the site of the original Carnatic Hall, an 18th Century mansion house demolished the same year the halls were built.
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