Updated at 5:56 a.m., Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Groundbreaking ceremonies for Frear Hall today
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i-Manoa will host groundbreaking ceremonies at 10 a.m. today for the 814-bed Frear Hall replacement, a $71 million construction project.The new hall will be at the intersection of Dole Street and East-West Road. The building is the first phase of a plan to increase on-campus housing by 1,700 beds by 2014. The new Frear Hall is expected to open by fall 2008.
UH has been short of dorm space in the face of soaring enrollment in recent years, and the replacement dorms are expected to help address the problem. Frear Hall, which was built in 1952 and had not housed students since 1997, was demolished in July. It was initially closed after severe plumbing and electrical problems developed and had deteriorated.
