The more than 20,000-square-foot parcel of land occupied by St. Ann University Parish now belongs to Northeastern, university officials said.

The Archdiocese of Boston has accepted the university’s offer to buy St. Ann’s, said Director of Communications Fred McGrail. One of the competing bidders, the Fenway Community Development Corp., (CDC) wanted to use the space to build about 50 mixed-income condominium units, 25 percent of which would be affordable housing, as detailed in the community group’s competing bid for the site.

The Archdiocese would not confirm the decision, but McGrail said he received the news late Wednesday.

For now, the university plans to use the property as meeting space for the university and the community.

“We will use it for meeting space, services and community events. There is a need for meeting space on the campus and this will help fulfill that need,” McGrail said.

The property will soon go through the university’s Institutional Master Plan process, McGrail said. The Community Task Force, a committee of Northeastern officials and community members, will review Northeastern’s master plan and examine its future use.

Although the university and the community have recently set a goal to increase Northeastern’s population of students who live on-campus from 50 percent to over 70 percent, McGrail said he would not speculate as to whether or not the land would be the future site of a residence hall.

Neighborhood leaders said they are disappointed and angered over the university’s most recent purchase, and that it will not help the already shaky relationship with the community.

“I am convinced Northeastern wants to rid the Fenway community of residents,” said Ross, who represents the Fenway neighborhood. “Everything they are doing is inconsistent with them wanting residents in the community. They are crushing this neighborhood, they will not be happy until the last resident packs up and leaves, and they should be ashamed of themselves.”

Both Northeastern and community members have been meeting for months as part of the Community Task Force to discuss concerns with the university’s proposals for its new Master Plan. Northeastern has expressed interest in building new residence halls on North and Camden Lots to be included in the master plan.

Ross said he would have supported the university’s acquisition of other area properties on Hemenway Street, at the YMCA on Huntington Avenue or even a non-residential building on North Lot, but the most recent acquisition has changed the circumstances.

“With Northeastern there are no boundaries, and there are no limits and they gladly take housing out of the hands of the Fenway neighborhood,” he said.

Calls to Northeastern’s Office of Government Relations and Community Affairs were not immediately returned.

Carl Nagy-Koechlin, executive director of the Fenway CDC, said it goes without saying that he is “very disappointed.”

Nagy-Koechlin said although the university now owns St. Ann, his group plans on monitoring what Northeastern does with the property to ensure what is in the best interest for the Fenway neighborhood is not forgotten.

The Community Task Force will meet again Wednesday, which will be the first meeting of the group since the announcement of the winning bid.

“This represents a major setback, and this is going to hurt the trust between Northeastern and the task force. I think that this action significantly hurt Northeastern … it’s a small gain and a huge loss in the long term,” Ross said.

-Staff writer Jennifer Nelson contributed to this report.