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Since going to a virtual, national model and an environmentally focused curriculum and
relocating to New Gloucester, Maine, about 90 minutes further south and closer to
Portland, the former Unity College (now Unity Environmental University) is offering for
purchase its 225-acre “secondary teaching location” in Unity, Maine. The property is being
marketed by A&G Real Estate Partners. “The Quaker Hill Road property represents an
extraordinary opportunity for a wide array of potential users,” said Dr. Melik Peter
Khoury, president of the university, in a release earlier this month. Its unique assets
include an off-the-grid house with solar panels, a dorm that runs on biomass, a heritage
livestock barn and a public library.
“The University is bucking the trend of distress in higher education in a remarkable way,”
said Emilio Amendola, co-president of A&G. “It is operating in the black, launching new
degree programs, and has grown from 600 to more than 7,500 students in just a few years,
with projections of 10,000 students by 2025. This summer, it welcomed about 1,000 new
full-time students — its largest-ever incoming class.” Noting the property’s strong
potential for senior housing, Amendola said there are other possibilities too: “The
bucolic setting makes it the perfect place for a camp, spiritual retreat or recreational
center, and the high-speed internet access and well-equipped science labs also offer the
possibility of a remote research facility. It’s quite a mix.”
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