On 18 Mar, 12:42, Sky Rider wrote:
Since the big day, retail fit-out works at London St Pancras have
proceeded at varying speeds. In order of progress the situation is as
follows:
* More than four-fifths of the Arcade units are now operational
* The Circle area is now partially exposed - the ceiling and floor are
by and large complete, and some units (notably the Boots concept store
that car park and toilet users pass on the way) are being stocked
* The Market is now expected to open in the summer as LCR/NR have
provisionally selected an operator and are negotiating the contract
(info given over the phone)
* The Rendezvous units are still being worked on (except the four
nearest the MML concourse (and the Champagne Bar of course), which are
already operational) - the Brasserie is now expected to open in thr
autumn (latter part of paragraph given over the phone)

All in all, it's progress, but it's very slow.


I'd imagine they've slowed down. When they were rushing to get the
thing open it would have been all hands on deck. But once it became
clear that many of the retail facilities were going to miss the
deadline regardless, they probably didn't care whether they missed it
by three months or a year - and a year will almost ceertainly be
cheaper to achieve.

Jonn

In message
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07:00:06 on Tue, 18 Mar 2008, remarked:
When they were rushing to get the thing open it would have been all
hands on deck. But once it became clear that many of the retail
facilities were going to miss the deadline regardless, they probably
didn't care whether they missed it by three months or a year - and a
year will almost ceertainly be cheaper to achieve.

The TV programme about the station kept harping on about penalty
payments for late opening. Presumably these don't apply to the fitout-
or are the builders past caring now?
--
Roland Perry