Snyder Hall
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Snyder Hall, scheduled for demolition in June, will be remembered for its world-class research, and for many, being part of bygone era when laboratory animal science was a common practice at universities around the country. As researchers made groundbreaking discoveries, former students and employees from the 1970s and 1980s recall the eerie animal noises echoing through McCarthy Mall, where Snyder Hall is located.
The five-story concrete building was built in 1962 for $1.5 million. Snyder Hall was replaced in 2020 with the $65-million state-of-the-art Life Sciences Building located on the East-West Road end of McCarthy Mall.
Oxford Properties Buys 4 Life Sciences Buildings
Posted on 01/12/2021
Oxford Properties Group, the real estate unit of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, acquired four life sciences assets totaling 415,000 square feet, and developable land for US$ 276 million, with anticipated follow on investments of US$ 500 million in the assets. The acquisitions come as part of Oxford’s strategy to build a life sciences business in an asset class. Oxford intends to deploy an additional US$ 500 million of capital into these investments through development of new biotech space and converting existing office and retail uses into new lab space at the Bay Area asset and has identified value-add opportunities within the Boston portfolio.