Trinity Christian College has engaged CBRE as the exclusive listing agent for the planned sale of its campus at 6601 West College Drive in Palos Heights, Illinois. The site is located roughly 18 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, positioning the property within the broader southwest suburban corridor of the Chicago metropolitan area.
The offering covers approximately 60 acres and will be delivered fully vacant following the college’s previously announced closure at the end of the 2025/2026 academic year. Once operations wind down, the entire campus is expected to be available for a new owner to pursue future uses without the complications of an active academic program on-site.
The campus is improved with 22 buildings totaling 467,019 square feet on a contiguous land assemblage. The structures were originally constructed over a long period, from 1928 through 2009, with capital improvements completed throughout those decades. This built environment includes existing utilities, parking, and other core infrastructure already in place, which may allow a buyer to reduce both upfront costs and development timelines compared with ground-up construction.
CBRE professionals Matt Ishikawa, Tom Svoboda, and Anne Rahm have been tasked with marketing the property. Their assignment involves positioning the campus to a broad range of potential users and investors, including those interested in continued institutional operations and those who may consider a significant repositioning of the site. The brokerage team is highlighting the scale of the offering and the fact that the campus is already fully improved with multiple buildings and supporting infrastructure.
According to commentary from Rahm, the southwest suburbs of Chicago are characterized as a well-established, high-barrier-to-entry market, which may limit the frequency of similar large-scale opportunities. She noted that the availability of a fully improved campus of this size, with existing structures, parking, and utility systems, is unusual for the area. Rahm also emphasized that whether a buyer opts to maintain institutional use or pursue an alternative direction for the property, the existing infrastructure and building quality could meaningfully shorten the path to execution and lower the capital outlay needed for redevelopment or reuse.
With Trinity Christian College preparing to close after the 2025/2026 academic year, this listing brings a sizable institutional campus to market in suburban Chicago at a time when investors and users are scrutinizing opportunities that offer scale, optionality, and reduced entitlement or site-preparation risk relative to raw land.
