Neil Down Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: If Howard's confident..... Personally, I really hope this is a success after so many false starts, it's got to be better than the open sore that it's been since the demolition of the bus station. I just hope that the people who have done the sums and crunched the numbers took no notice of any shite supplied by DED/DFE/Skelly/Corlett etc. I’ll feel a lot more confident once I see bricks getting laid... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 11 hours ago, Neil Down said: I’ll feel a lot more confident once I see bricks getting laid... I’ll feel even more confident once the roof trusses are on, the building tiled and tenants moved in. Money and Confidence is something else. Despite the protestations that the project is receiving no public funding, I for one remain unconvinced. Sorry to sound cynical. The last big major development was in 1989/90 , the Strand Centre, and was built through insurance/pension fund investments. I’m not dismissing the bus station scheme, I just have doubts about a) getting off the ground b) having the full funding to start and finish the project. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 12 hours ago, Neil Down said: I’ll feel a lot more confident once I see bricks getting laid... howard already is......... #hittingbricks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I believe the project will go ahead as the two principal businesses, the hotel and cinema have already committed to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 lessons will be learned........ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 20 minutes ago, woody2 said: lessons will be learned........ no they won't ! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 39 minutes ago, Max Power said: I believe the project will go ahead as the two principal businesses, the hotel and cinema have already committed to it. The Chief Minister said he was only going to do a press release once he was sure it had substance. I don’t blame him really as there has been so many joke schemes on that site over the years that had no substance or business case which have then bit them on the arse. It will be embarrassing if they pull out now. The hotel must be viable and Premier Inn coming here will mean that Travelodge would have had to look at the IOM seriously. I’m not so sure about the cinema or the apartments. I do hope it all gets built though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 What would be better would be a Travelodge built on top of a multi storey (at least three storey) car park. This will cater for the parking spaces lost to the building, parking spaces required for guests, parking spaces lost on Loch Promenade and parking spaces allegedly required at the moment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, yootalkin2me said: What would be better would be a Travelodge built on top of a multi storey (at least three storey) car park. This will cater for the parking spaces lost to the building, parking spaces required for guests, parking spaces lost on Loch Promenade and parking spaces allegedly required at the moment. The report says it will have 300 parking spaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 weren't Douglas corpy all those years ago selling the site to the Governemt for £1 (or was it 25p ?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 34 minutes ago, Tempus Fugit said: weren't Douglas corpy all those years ago selling the site to the Governemt for £1 (or was it 25p ?) £1 yes, then they tore down the bus station so the funfair would have a home for one TT in 2002! I think it was one of Cretney's stunning ideas at the time? One day someone will write his autobiography, "How a turnip rose to power!" 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 no mention how much iomg sold/leased it for....... a underground carpark on that site could be interesting...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 8 hours ago, woody2 said: lessons will be learned........ Not until a small fortune has been wasted... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 2 hours ago, thesultanofsheight said: The report says it will have 300 parking spaces. Thanks for that SoS, I shall read reports in full in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, woody2 said: no mention how much iomg sold/leased it for....... a underground carpark on that site could be interesting...... ..............be great if you had an amphibious vehicle............ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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