Oakwood Hills

In 2014, Messiah University created Rider Musser Development as a for-profit corporation. Our mission is to develop real estate to generate a recurring stream of income for the university’s endowment that’s not dependent on tuition. In May 2018 we broke ground on Oakwood Hills, a community of 316 apartments located across Lisburn Road from the university’s main campus. Six apartment buildings and a clubhouse with a fitness center and saltwater pool were fully completed in October 2020.

Rider Musser Development owns an additional 66 acres of undeveloped, commercially zoned land next to Oakwood Hills.