Miles College said in a statement Tuesday that there has been a “pause” in their efforts to acquire the campus of the former Birmingham-Southern College. But the liberal arts school, an HBCU, indicated that it was still open to purchasing the property a day after the trustees of of BSC announced that the purchase agreement

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The “For Sale” sign remains at Birmingham-Southern College after a deal to sell its now-shuttered campus to another historically Black college in Alabama fell through on Monday, officials said. Miles College made three requests to extend the sale deadline,

The trustees of Birmingham-Southern College said in statement Monday that a purchase agreement with Miles College to purchase the campus of the shuttered liberal arts school expired at 3 p.m. on Monday.

Officials with Birmingham-Southern College say the purchase agreement of their campus by Miles College has expired.

BSC ceased all operations on May 31 of this year following an 18-month effort to obtain bridge funding from a $30 million state loan program. Miles College originally filed a letter of intent to purchase the campus in June.

Miles College is responding to the end of its ongoing deal to acquire the Birmingham-Southern College campus. A news release on Monday said the purchase agreement between the two schools expired at 3 p.