School's out.

Pacific Christian School has listed its 7.4-acre Pasadena-adjacent campus for sale as a potential residential development site.

The school, at 625 Coleman Ave. in Los Angeles, is asking about $8 million. Bidding on the property, which contains only four buildings, is expected to begin March 1.

Built nearly 100 years ago as a seminary for the Free Methodist church, the campus has been used most recently as the grounds for the Christian middle and high school, which has about 120 students.

Parents of children attending the academy were informed last June the school would be closing.

The situation has unnerved nearby residents and the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, which held a bearing on the matter.

An El Sereno charter school intends to bid on part of the property, according to the neighborhood group, which has also alerted the California Charter Schools Foundation and the Los Angeles Unified School District of the parcel's availability.

Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa, whose 14th District includes the site, told the neighborhood council that his office has been contacted by parties interested in subdividing the parcel but that he supports a use of the campus that he feels benefits the community, such as a church or school.

But at a price of more than $1 million an acre, not many schools or churches may have the cash needed to acquire the parcel and nearby homes are selling for in the mid-$700,000 range, according to the property's marketing materials. Chris Ligan and Mark Tarczynski of CB Richard Ellis have the listing.

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