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The offer, which was unanimously approved Tuesday, was made by Pima Medical Institute to build a medical school campus on the site. PMI may also seek approval to place apartments or commercial uses on the nearly 20-acre property at 2120 N. Beverly, near ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Medical Center.

Though the payoff is the biggest yet for a closed campus in the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Unified School District, the proceeds can only be used for specific purposes: to pay off bonds, improve existing schools, to purchase school sites or to reduce taxes.

Further details about how PMI intends to use the site were not released at the request of the buyer, with TUSD saying the information could jeopardize the sale.

Such information, however, has previously been released to the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ as a public record. Six other proposals for the site have also been withheld.

The lack of information about the deal is concerning to City Councilman Steve Kozachik, who has worked to organize neighborhood meetings with TUSD before sales are approved.

The meetings are an opportunity to lay out plans, give residents a chance to weigh in and give buyers the opportunity to gauge community support. The gathering held last month, however, did not give residents much insight, Kozachik said.

He plans to host a follow-up meeting once details are made available.

The broker representing PMI, Jim Marian of Chapman Lindsey Commercial Real Estate, has said it is not appropriate to make comments about the property until it is in escrow and there is a specific plan to share.

Townsend was closed in 2013 as a cost-saving measure. TUSD had considered relocating another school with a waiting list to the larger Townsend site but the cost of the project was prohibitive.

A youth soccer club uses the soccer fields at Townsend under a city agreement, which has 13 years left.

As a result, TUSD is working to identify a site to relocate the club to, which would come at a cost of $100,000 to $200,000 to the district. That can be paid for with money from the sale.