Indeed and without the Fairfax Drive entrance it wont happen...
Sainsburys are one of the wealthiest companies in Europe. They will buy Prospects the second they want to buy Prospects.
Indeed and without the Fairfax Drive entrance it wont happen...
Why would RM want to buy Prospects ?
did the bloke from prospects say anything about Sainsbury ?
Can we all take our SUFC cynical heads off for a minute and put on their rational ones on just for a minute. Does anyone really think that a company the size of Sainsbury's and with the monetary clout they have. would put out to tender a job of this scale without already having dotted all the 'I's and crossed all the 'T's? I'm 100% sure Prospects and ST Mary's are but mere formalities now.
Their strategic review has been on their corporate books for nie on a year now so it's made perfectly good sense to hold back on all things to do with the redevelopment of the RH site until they know where it's heading. Now we have it in black and white here is what I expect to be seeing in print over the next few weeks/months into the New Year. And probably in this order too.
1. A deal has been reached with the owners of Prospects that allows Sainsbury's to push forward with their plans for the RH site.
2. St Mary's Court ....see above
3. The remaining shops in Victoria Road.......again, see above.
4. The tender has been won by (insert name) and work will begin in earnest in X weeks.
5. RM to now pop his head above the parapet and give us all a firm timescale of not only the RH site but FF as well.
The whole stumbling block we've seen this past 12 to 18 months has all been J Sainsbury's doing with their review. That's now not a problem and as can be seen by the tender they've put out they fully intend to get what they want regardless of what the owner of Prospects or anyone else says.
Happy days :D
Based on?
We've been saying for months that the hold up is Sainsburys. There's no more hold up. Sainsburys are going to tender. The Roots Hall site will be demolished.
X years ago he was quoted as saying the deal with Ron had fallen through and he was now selling to Sainsbury not Ron. Ron responded that it was a partnership and he was selling to Sainsbury and Ron. It all seemed very petty but maybe there is more to it (source echo article, don't have time to find it).
Sherif will be able to comment but I am sure they could demolish the stadium in 12 months easily.
They dont have to build the store in that time this tender is for the site demolishing, and the store can be started before the stadium comes down, its not in the same location.
The 3 sided stadium will kill the club with only ticket sales to fund the wages!,God help us if Ron demands rent on top as well.
The guy in charge at Prospects was in the Echo recently saying he wouldn't sell to RM and he had other offers. What makes you so sure it's a formality?
Cheers Sherif.
All sounds academic anyway as the tender doesn't seem to have any substance to it, there are no immediate plans to do anything in relation to what it lays out.
so is this document saying we are getting this of the ground in the next two three years
Like I said, as I heard, there is no substance behind that document, there are no current plans to do anything.
Presumably those who were happy to take that original document as gospel proof that all is well and the stadium is just around the corner are now distraught, almost suicidal, given that it has been removed.
Personally I was no more or less encouraged by its appearance nor by its disappearance.
I remain of the view that the current incumbent does not have the wherewithal to make it happen and, like others, would love to be proved wrong.
Than Mick.It's a comparative.
Presumably those who were happy to take that original document as gospel proof that all is well and the stadium is just around the corner are now distraught, almost suicidal, given that it has been removed.
Personally I was no more or less encouraged by its appearance nor by its disappearance.
I remain of the view that the current incumbent does not have the wherewithal to make it happen and, like others, would love to be proved wrong.