Hammerson delays starting Laing O'Rourke's £1.4bn Brent Cross extension again

By Jordan Marshall2018-07-24T11:39:00

Firm won the £700m main contractor role in 2017

The £1.4bn extension of Brent Cross Shopping Centre has been pushed back for a second time, with Laing O’Rourke’s start date now unknown.

The scheme, which is being developed by Hammerson and joint venture partner Aberdeen Standard Investments, was initially due to start on site this month. That date was then pushed to January 2019.

But in its results published today the developer admitted there was no clear time line for works to begin blaming “the current turbulence in the UK retail markets”.

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