Notre Dame de Namur University, a private Catholic institution nestled in the small Peninsula city of Belmont, has seen busier days.
Stanford spokesperson for the Belmont project, Joel Berman, said the takeover would provide many benefits, including restoring the historic and now-shuttered Ralston Mansion, a popular wedding venue, maintaining community use of Koret Field, and improving transportation along the busy Ralston Avenue corridor.
Belmont Vice Mayor Gina Latimerlo, an alumnae who graduated from NDNU in 1998, said the city was largely supportive of Stanford’s plans to buy the historic campus. The NDNU purchase will only affect the college, while both Notre Dame High School and Notre Dame Elementary School will continue to operate nearby on the Belmont site. Allen said the new NDNU campus would likely remain within San Mateo County, though it is still premature to say exactly where.