The deal allows St. Thomas to go ahead with plans to add studentapartments, a child development center and two large academicbuildings south of Summit Avenue. The university agreed to capenrollment at its St. Paul campus and preserve two more SummitAvenue houses than previously proposed, a concession toneighbors.

St. Thomas also agreed to buy 30 rental houses in the MerriamPark and Macalester-Groveland neighborhoods over the next 12 years.The school will renovate the homes and sell them to buyers whopromise not to turn the houses into rental properties.

Also as part of the deal, St. Thomas will limit new housing to475 beds. The neighborhood groups, including the Summit AvenueResidential Preservation Association, agreed to drop a lawsuit thatsought to delay the expansion and promised not to challenge futurecity actions on the project.