Quinnipiac University signed a long-term lease for a portion of the 574,748-sf, four-building campus at 370 Basset Rd. It is believed that the term is about 10 years. Wellpoint subsidiary Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will lease more than 400,000 sf of the 104-acre complex.

Quinnipiac University will renovate a now vacant 150,000-sf building that that until recently was occupied by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The university intends to house graduate programs in the building, beginning in fall 2009. University officials say that it will gain access to other buildings at the property over a 10-year period and will establish a Gradate Education Center at the site, housing most if not all of its schools health sciences, business, communications, law and education.

"Completing the purchase agreement for the North Haven campus is an important milestone in our plans to create a Graduate Education Center on the site," says Quinnipiac president John L. Lahey. No residential housing is planned for the property.