Snyder Hall to be razed, UH Mānoa improvement plans proceed

Snyder Hall on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus is scheduled to be demolished in May marking the start of Phase 2 of the UH Mānoa Mini Master Plan. The opening of the $65-million Life Sciences Building in July 2020 signaled the completion of Phase 1 of the plan, which also included the removal of Henke Hall in 2017, where the new state-of-the-art Life Sciences Building stands on the Diamond Head end of McCarthy Mall.

The former occupants of Snyder Hall have relocated to the Life Sciences Building, clearing the way for its removal. Construction barriers went up around Snyder in March, as crews prepare to raze and replace it with temporary landscaping. UH is currently requesting state funding for a new building on the site for flexible learning and office spaces that support modern methods of online delivery, collaboration and advising.

The Mānoa Mini Master Plan, approved by the UH Board of Regents in 2015, is part of the campusʻs Long Range Development Plan. The completion of the Life Sciences Building along with the start of both Phase 2 of the mini master plan and the $41-million renovation of the Sinclair Library into a student success center are significant milestones of the Long Range Development Plan.

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