For 100 years after its 1858 completion, this opera was considered great in parts but ill conceived and impossibly long.
Yet like a typical holdout, Ratner pushes on, despite having announced a 2006 completion date at the start of this awful mess.
Mr Salway reckons that there could be a shortage of new office space in London by the end of this year; completion of his next project in the city is not due until 2012.Quality streetsOutside London, the chances of an immediate surge in new building are slight.
STATUS Construction began in 2003; completion is scheduled for 2009.
But back in 1990, completion was still four years away.
Groundbreaking is scheduled for the fall, completion for the 2011 school year.
He said the cleanup shaved two years off the 2007 completion date in the 1992 agreement.
That was when the authority signed off on the 2007 completion deadline.
They recently signed on to renovate Lincoln Center; a 2009 completion is planned.
The brick walls of the church remain intact, with the cornerstone that proclaims its 1920 completion date.
The $45 billion leveraged buyout of the TXU Corporation, now called Energy Future Holdings, ran into trouble soon after its 2007 completion.
