Roger Mexico Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 1 hour ago, AlanShimmin said: They'll need to speed up the Chester Street jabs as B&M Bargains are due to move in there in July! So this is just the DoI doing up it's dilapidated building for a new (and no doubt subsidised) tenant? And using the vaccination centre as an excuse. Though given the North West origin of B&M, it's more of a surprise that they've not come over before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 3 hours ago, TerryFuchwit said: Looks decent. Good news we are nearly there on this one. Really? Care to expand on what they've actually done there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 13 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: So this is just the DoI doing up it's dilapidated building for a new (and no doubt subsidised) tenant? And using the vaccination centre as an excuse. Though given the North West origin of B&M, it's more of a surprise that they've not come over before. I've been in many b&m stores and never seen one partitioned in this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryFuchwit Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 13 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: So this is just the DoI doing up it's dilapidated building for a new (and no doubt subsidised) tenant? And using the vaccination centre as an excuse. Subsidised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 14 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: So this is just the DoI doing up it's dilapidated building for a new (and no doubt subsidised) tenant? And using the vaccination centre as an excuse. It would be up to the DOI to put the building into a reasonable condition as they are the owners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 16 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: It would be up to the DOI to put the building into a reasonable condition as they are the owners Good luck with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 22 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: It would be up to the DOI to put the building into a reasonable condition as they are the owners You haven't seen a full repairing and insuring lease then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 hours ago, AlanShimmin said: It would be up to the DOI to put the building into a reasonable condition as they are the owners They aren't doing it up though are they. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Happier diner said: They aren't doing it up though are they. I never said they were doing it up. Only that B&M Bargains are due to take over the site in July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, AlanShimmin said: I never said they were doing it up. Only that B&M Bargains are due to take over the site in July. True sorry. Shouldnt have quoted you. It was roger Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryFuchwit Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Boris Johnson said: You haven't seen a full repairing and insuring lease then? Shoprite may have paid dilapidations when they left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Happier diner said: They aren't doing it up though are they. Well presumably they are if only to make it usable. It was in pretty bad nick when Shoprite left and being vacant for a few years can't have helped. So there will have been a lot of fixing and painting and decorating required and presumably doing something with the water (or whatever it was) running down the walls etc. And they've certainly been working on it long enough, so you would hope that 'doing it up' would be the least of it. From the photo that John W posted it appears that the Pfizer vaccine doesn't require skirting boards (though it will require an observation area for people to sit for 15 minutes after being jabbed), so there must have been a large amount of work involved in making the building safe and hygienic. Now if the DoI had finally found a new tenant, it presumably would have had to find the money to convert it into a condition any tenant would accept, out of their own property management budget. By 'offering' it as a vaccination hub - even though more suitable properties exist, even within the government portfolio - these costs will now be paid out of Covid funds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 27 minutes ago, TerryFuchwit said: Shoprite may have paid dilapidations when they left. They would have removed their own stuff, but delapidations would be complicated by dispute over what was due to their use and what was caused by problems with the building as a whole (and that would further be complicated by dispute between the DoI who own it and DBC who were then running it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, TerryFuchwit said: Shoprite may have paid dilapidations when they left. That was my comment way back, but who is the landlord? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 29 minutes ago, Gladys said: That was my comment way back, but who is the landlord? DOI own the lot. They had a management agreement with DBC for car parking only. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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