Fife College has put its Priory Campus on the market as part of its plan to improve its facilities.
The majority of students and staff moved out of the 7.65-acre site overlooking Kirkcaldy harbour last summer. The remainder will be relocated to other Fife College campuses by the end of the summer term in 2016.
It is part of the college’s plans to improve its estates and it has already secured £90 million for new facilities.
The college has instructed Shepherd Chartered Surveyors to offer its Priory campus, taking in the Roundhouse, Priory House and Lodge and Nairn Building, for sale for an undisclosed sum.
Money raised from the sale will be reinvested in future capital projects.
The college’s finance and planning vice-principal, David Neilson, said: “We are committed to ensuring that our learners benefit from a great learning experience while they are with us and so it is vital that our estates are fit for purpose, flexible, modern and sustainable.
“We have been working hard to produce an estates strategy which also caters for the needs of our staff, the local community, businesses and our partners and have secured £90m of investment for new facilities in the kingdom through government funding.”
Mr Neilson said a review showed the four buildings in the Priory are no longer fit for purpose or financially viable and staff and courses had been easily accommodated in other campus buildings.
With the Nairn building the final one on the campus to be fully relocated, the college is consolidating its facilities in the east of Fife on its two main campuses in Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes.
Alongside the closure, the college is looking forward to the opening of its new, purpose-built campus in Levenmouth which is due to open next August.
This will complement the current work being carried out in Buckhaven to create the new Levenmouth Academy.
Plans are also in place to build a new base in Dunfermline to replace the existing Halbeath campus, which is also no longer financially viable and does not meet the objectives of the college’s strategic plan.
A project manager was appointed to oversee the development work and building of the new campus.