Washington Theological Union to shutter, sell Takoma Park campus

The Washington Theological Union plans to shutter its Takoma Park campus by Feb. 15 under a tentative deal to sell the building to an undisclosed developer, the Washington Business Journal reported.

The Union's board of trustees recently voted to approve selling the building. Chief Academic Officer Anne McLaughlin wrote in a letter posted on the union's website that the decision to sell came "after several failed attempts over the last few years to sustain the school in the midst of declining enrollment,…