Question

[tommy tucker]

Do you think if British land have brought the collage we will now get thing moving on cloud Fosset farm land .Also its just a thought if British land do put the money up to build this new stadium .Do you think Ron will give them a stake in SUFC to get much needed money in the transfer market .After all it seems British Land seem to be big money men .Maybe it would not be a bad thing for Ron and the club .

 

[londonblue]

Do you think if British land have brought the collage we will now get thing moving on cloud Fosset farm land .Also its just a thought if British land do put the money up to build this new stadium .Do you think Ron will give them a stake in SUFC to get much needed money in the transfer market .After all it seems British Land seem to be big money men .Maybe it would not be a bad thing for Ron and the club .

The thing is we don't know who bought Prospects. All we can do is try and put the pieces together.

:hilarious:


On a serious note, BL aren't building the stadium. Their sole interest is the retail park.

Also, did this really warrant a new thread?

 

[northlincsshrimper1]

If any other company apart from British Land has brought the College, this could impact on Roots Hall. Is another company going to show Southend any considerations if the site is the one thing holding up the whole project. On that basis it would seem likely that British Land has had some input. Only time will tell.

 

[Shrimper Joe]

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but wasn't it not that long ago that Ron and British Land said that the new stadium WOULD get built with or without the sale of Roots Hall?

 

[FarmdogSUFC]

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but wasn't it not that long ago that Ron and British Land said that the new stadium WOULD get built with or without the sale of Roots Hall?

And you believed him? Shame on you

 

[Shrimper Joe]

And you believed him? Shame on you

Not a question of whether I believed him or not, I'm merely stating what was said.

 

[FarmdogSUFC]

Not a question of whether I believed him or not, I'm merely stating what was said.

He's a bit of a politician old Ronald. Would take most things he says with a pinch of salt until a digger is on site.

 

[MK Shrimper]

He's a bit of a politician old Ronald. Would take most things he says with a mountain of salt until a digger is on site.

Post corrected for you Farmy.

 

[Crowstone Crevette]

surely now that sainsburys are no longer building a superstore on RH the need to acquire the prospect site is not necessary.

A housing estate can be any size and shape and does not need frontage on to the street like a retail unit would preferably have.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

surely now that sainsburys are no longer building a superstore on RH the need to acquire the prospect site is not necessary.

A housing estate can be any size and shape and does not need frontage on to the street like a retail unit would preferably have.

I think this post has got it spot on. The goalposts have now moved again. SUFC and any Supermarket had to purchase Prospects. A housing development doesn't have to, although the land would have added to a bigger development.

 

[kentblues]

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but wasn't it not that long ago that Ron and British Land said that the new stadium WOULD get built with or without the sale of Roots Hall?

I think the point is that the old arrangement where the stadium was dependent on a supermarket at RH is clearly dead.
The stadium is being financed by BL as part of the bigger Fossetts Farm Project. The plan I believe for RH site is now housing and hence it is by no means certain that Prospects has the importance it once did. Quite possibly Prospects could be sold to someone else without impacting a future residential only development. But the two projects have been it seems uncoupled.

So I suspect if someone else has bought Prospects it tells us very little. If it were BL it would be interesting in that it would indicate BL are getting involved in both developments- but doubt it.

 

[Mick]

I think this post has got it spot on. The goalposts have now moved again.

That's the whole point. The goalposts haven't moved at all. Fifteen years down the line and the goalposts are still exactly where they were then !!!

 

[united we stand]

That's the whole point. The goalposts haven't moved at all. Fifteen years down the line and the goalposts are still exactly were they were then !!!

15 years- are our goal posts a bit like Triggers Broom?

 

[Firestorm]

Honest opinion, the prospects site is too small for BL to bother with.
Unless its someone who has already line up the RH site for housing , I would think its someone taking it as an investment for when the RH development gets underway,

 

[Jai]

The quote from Neil Bates would suggest it's not British Land who bought it.

 

[Ramsdenblue]

He's a bit of a politician old Ronald. Would take most things he says with a pinch of salt until a digger is on site.

Even then i would check to see if the digger had fuel in it.

Snr.

 

[Blue94]

From what I have heard, Prospects was bought by the same developer of the Roots Hall site.

 

[Jim Levenstein]

From what I have heard, Prospects was bought by the same developer of the Roots Hall site.

Roots Hall hasn't been sold to a developer I thought?

 

[Blue94]

I don't know what the agreement is between SUFC and the said developer with regards to the ownership of Roots Hall, only that there is a well known developer on board currently drawing-up proposals for it. My understanding is that it is the same developer who has purchased the Prospects site. Also the Fossetts Farm planning application submission is now expected around August/September time.

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

From what I have heard, Prospects was bought by the same developer of the Roots Hall site.

Roots Hall hasn't been sold to a developer I thought?

I still think that might turn out to be Weston Homes.
They are doing the Highbanks development on Southchurch Road and the Flats in Sutton Road.