The Ohio Controlling Board on Monday approved the University of Akron's $800,000 sale of its Quaker Square property to Ohio River Investments, the firm's president, Kyle Craven, confirmed on Monday.

Quaker Square opened in 1975, was sold to university in 2007 Quaker Square breathed new life into buildings long owned by the Quaker Oats Co., which ended its Akron operations in 1970.

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The university has agreed to sell the property for $800,000 to Ohio River Investments II LLC, according to the contract, which the University of Akron shared with the Beacon Journal on Thursday.

UA bought Quaker Square from Akron businessman Jay Nusbaum in 2007 for $22.7 million, setting aside rooms for a short-lived student residence hall and renting the rest under the name Quaker Square ...

The University of Akron is closing the last two stores in Quaker Square. Hudson schools impose schedule, security changes for 2015-2016 school year.

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Akron has some new outdoor art downtown and, for a bit at least, it will have a new art gallery downtown, too, in the form of a pop-up gallery opening at Quaker Square The outdoor art is a new mural ...

UA bought Quaker Square from Akron businessman Jay Nusbaum in 2007 for $22.7 million, setting aside rooms for a short-lived student residence hall and renting the rest under the name Quaker Square ...