Ave Maria law school buys Vineyards campus

BUYER: Ave Maria School of Law Inc. (officers: Thomas Monaghan, Kevin Cieply, Patrick Conlin, Thomas Garlick, James Fennessey, Richard Klaas, Adam Maida, Cathy Ruse, Ronald Rychlak, Michael Saadeh, James White, Edward Staros, Peter Carfagna and Frank Dewane), Naples
SELLER: Ave Maria University Inc.
PROPERTY: 1078 Commons Circle and 707 Vineyards Blvd., Naples
PRICE: $13 million
LAW FIRM ON DEED: Woodward Pires & Lombardo PA, Naples

PLANS, DESCRIPTION:
The Ave Maria School of Law purchased its north Naples campus from Ave Maria University for $13 million.

The about 12.5-acre law school property features five main buildings, eight villas, two cabanas and a modular. The Roman Catholic law school has been leasing the Vineyards Boulevard campus from the university for the past six years, since it relocated from Ann Arbor, Mich.