Maria Hall and parking sold to Winona State

Saint Mary’s has sold Maria Hall on the Saint Teresa Campus to Winona State University for $2.5 million. The sale includes the 100-room dorm and 60 spaces of adjacent parking. WSU had leased the property from SMU for five years, and leased from the Hiawatha Education Foundation before that.

Saint Mary’s will replace the lost parking capacity by building a new lot between Loretto Hall and Saint Michael’s Fields, near the outdoor tennis courts. Construction will be this fall, depending on availability of contractors.