Ending the hopes of those who wanted Harvard to acquire Lesley University’s campus and gain a choice parcel of land north of Harvard Yard, Lesley officials presented two options for the school’s future to local residents last night—both keeping Lesley firmly in Cambridge.

Harvard and Lesley have, according to administrators from both schools, engaged in occasional talks about land sales and swaps.

Last fall, when Harvard Law School (HLS) professors wrapped up a major study of the law school’s options for future growth, one of four scenarios they outlined involved HLS taking over Lesley’s dorms and turning them into housing and social space for law students.

But officials at Lesley—which recently acquired the Art Institute of Boston (AIB) and plans to move the fine arts school to Cambridge—told members of the Porter Square Neighborhood Association (PSNA) last night that they had begun work on a long-range plan for developing the school’s property in Cambridge.

Kathy A. Spiegelman, Harvard’s top planner, said last night that discussions between Harvard and Lesley have not yielded any results.

“Lesley and Harvard have had on-and-off discussions about property acquisitions or exchanges, but mutual interests have not been identified thus far that would create any plans,” she wrote in an e-mail.

Paul Karoff, Lesley’s Vice President for University Affairs, also said last night that there are currently “no live, active discussions at all” between Harvard and Lesley.

“There have in the past been very conceptual discussions about land that Lesley owns and that Harvard might control, but they went nowhere,” Karoff said in an interview after last night’s meeting.

He added that Lesley would keep a close eye on Harvard’s plans for expanding.

“We’re a very interested neighbor,” Karoff said.

Harvard owns a large swath of formerly-industrial land in Allston, and top University administrators are currently considering relocating part of Harvard’s own campus there.

This summer, the University’s deans heard a plan for Allston that centered around science and undergraduate housing, leaving HLS—long considered a top candidate for an Allston move—in Cambridge and hungry for room to grow.

Last night, Lesley officials told neighbors that their school, too, needs to grow and intends to do it in Cambridge.

Lesley representatives told residents they hope to present their board of trustees with a plan for their campus in March, and outlined the possibilities for using their property in Cambridge.

Officials indicated that a major priority for the school will be moving the AIB from its current location in Kenmore Square to a spot in Cambridge, alongside Lesley’s undergraduate women’s college and graduate programs in education and arts and social sciences.