What you see here is a dormitory. It was already fugly when I was a kid, so about 50 years ago. So yes, it’s really old to. Around the time when Covid hit the first time they decided to start a (the first) long needed renovation. Obviously the plan was to turn it into some sort of luxury dorm so they could charge much more money. They started and then stopped due to covid and the building was just sitting there empty. Recently they wanted to continue and found asbestos all over the building. That turns it into a strictly restricted area. They put a fence around it for security reason and now they ponder about what to do. If we get lucky they take the building down, nobody lived in it for year anyway, so nobody will miss it. Funny enough, this is the 2nd university owned building with problems of that kind. They just got a brand spanking new indoor swimming pool since the old building was asbestos contaminated too.
Somewhat Patchy 