Just a few months after Bastyr University announced its plans to sell some or all of its 51-acre Kenmore campus, it made a decision to keep its academic buildings and gardens. But the rest remains on the table.

The decision comes after extensive talks between the university and community stakeholders and reviewing bids from developers interested in the campus’ unique location and potential for housing projects.

“To have a campus that was in nature and which looked nice … I think was a kind of a shot in the arm,” said Bastyr University Interim President Dr. Joe Pizzorno.

Bastyr, an alternative medicine school founded in 1978, bought the campus from the Seattle Archdiocese two decades ago with plans for expansion. But falling enrollment and soaring costs put that goal out of reach. In May

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