It was thanks to having this striking visual in mind that my immediate impression on arriving at Promenada Mall was complete disappointment.
The building is there in heart (and shell), but I am not over exaggerating when I say that Promenada Mall for the most part at this moment in time looks like a building site not dissimilar to the other under construction complex I had accidentally arrived at 30 minutes earlier. If it weren’t for car park attendants waving a steady stream of traffic into a very dusty car park and the various press releases, I would not have actually believed it was open.