The building of the new Co-op has come to a halt.
Last year, the Co-op unveiled a wonderful new space age design for their new store. Lovely shiney curved front. A lot of local people didn’t like it much and put up a fight to get the design changed. But the Co-op pressed on. They pulled the old store down, and started on the foundations.
For three months it has looked like the picture, just waiting for somebody to add the shiney top.
However, bigger things are happening. The Oxford and Swindon Cooperative Society has merged with other Cooperative Societies to form the Mid Counties Co-op. And work has come stopped whule they do a gigantic stock take.
The only notice says “Private Property – Keep Out!” instead of “We apologise for the Inconvenience….”
this is a shambles, as is the old building next door: spoils one of the nicest parts of old Abingdon.
Glad to know what’s going on, there were all sorts of rumours about incorrect surveys and cellars and all sorts. Seems from what you say that it is just a typical co-op mess. Hopefully they will be moved to sort it out sooner rather than later, or sell the site on quickly.