Hellenic College looks to sell up to 25 acres of land on the Jamaica Plain/Brookline line; land would ultimately be turned over to a conservation group

The National Herald breaks the news that Hellenic College Holy Cross, whose campus straddles the Jamaica Plain/Brookline line near Jamaica Pond, is considering a plan to sell off a large chunk of its land as it tries to transform into a full-fledged university.

The National Herald, which covers Greek Orthodox life in the US, reported college officials will meet Dec. 9 to consider a plan to sell the land to the Lyme Timber Co. That investment firm normally buys up large tracts of land for use in "sustainable" timber production, but in this case would only hold the land long enough for a series of anonymous philanthropists to re-buy the land and then gift it to the Trustees of Reservations, a non-profit group that preserves "places of exceptional scenic, historical, and ecological value."