Morrisons coming to Stafford?

Gareth

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The piece gets at the building COULD be finished before the end of year. What funished means contractors will have done their job. However my understanding is car parks, landscaping and petrol may not be ready at the same time.

Anyway Morrisons have their own contractors to deck the place out so to speak. So Simons will out others will move in.

As the building could be finished 4 months ahead of schedule and without an actual end date for completion if finished early and only PRACTICALLY completed( this is not completed), means timescales will need review/ changing based on the original time frame has changed. There is no way it would operational before Christmas, almost October and its not even water tight yet.

It also states from of the 11 stores closing and small M stores and non profit which were announced yesterday, new openings and stafford will not be effected and a 25 year lease is signed. As it stands

also another 2 units have to he built closer to north walls yet.
 
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basil

don't mention the blinds
My update as at #44 still stands albeit the new multi-storey car park being handed over to SBC has been put back until October with neither the main contractor or SBC being confident enough to name the actual day. ..........
 

Gareth

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It does not look ready. In all fairness the contractor at least has said september or October and even that has been reported in the press within pinpointing a date.

Morrisons will get a empty shell at the earliest in December. Even if they started work right away that wouldn't be ready before april and no doubt items of their own such as signage would need planning applications
 
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markpa12003

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Gareth, I don't think Morrisons will need to apply for any further planning permissions because I would expect all the detailed matters such as signage (etc) to have been approved as part of the reserved matters application.

Morrisons would have submitted the reserved matters application, as such they should have addressed all issues.

The only reason I can see for any further planning applications is if Morrisons (or others) want to make amendments to the approvals.
 

1JKz

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Morrisons not moving in? How about another Tescos, Asda, Aldi, no?
Who's left, Waitrose?
 

Gareth

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There is no branding at either site(riverside) or at the aldi. I suspect this may come when the builds are finished and the builds are being decked out.
 

shoes

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Agreed, another vote for burger king here. A proper one, too, not a 'service station' one. The prices are high enough as it is without the motorway tax.
 

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
I don't really eat fast food so a BK is irrelevant to me, still better than all the McDonalds we have though for those that do.
 

Confused

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I'd prefer a LEON, live a little guys!

Do Morrisons sell burgers?

I like them too. Leon have a whole two stores outside central London, so we may be waiting a while. The 2nd has just opened at Grand Central Birmingham.
 

PPPPPP

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Morrisons in trouble for trying to back out of new developments:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...ns-faces-legal-spat-over-unwanted-stores.html

I'd suspect that the Stafford one is too far down the road to back out of. But it's very odd there is no branding at all on the site. They could mothball it like this one:

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/03/tesco-expansion-policy-hold-chatteris-ghost-store

Look at it from Morrisons pov. Asda, Tesco and Sainsburys already here. All the trad supermarkets losing share to Aldidl. Stafford a permanent traffic nightmare. Site at the wrong end of town. Better to pull out and pay the price now.
 
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