Uh Oh !

Starbucks has been building a new coffee shop in our town which seemed to be taking a really long time, and 7 Brew Coffee put up what appeared to be a pre-fab shop just a short distance down the street.. They had been working on the Starbucks for what seemed an awfully long time, as the 7 Brew put up their shop in a matter of days after the lot was prepared. It finally came out that the architect, builder, contractor or whom ever forgot to have water run to the building. Shouldn't take a genius to know that you have to have water to brew coffee and flush the toilet.

I wouldn't think SB would require that much water assuming the flushed toilet water would supply the coffee makers.

Interesting, they started.to build a Starbucks in Kilmarnock Va about a year ago and have still not finished it, a taco bell was stared a few months later and I has already opened

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Originally Posted by lyman

Interesting, they started.to build a Starbucks in Kilmarnock Va about a year ago and have still not finished it, a taco bell was stared a few months later and I has already opened

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That is just about when this one was started.

One of the first things done on a new building is roughing in the plumbing, so hard to imagine how this could happen unless they have different crews as the construction progresses.

plumbing, slab and building are up, exterior and interior not finished, nor parking lot paved, at all

Owner missed progress payment, failed a code inspection, permit problems, owner tied up in litigation over ??......

It is being built in a mall parking lot, and no dirt work other than removing blacktop for slab and trenching for plumbing was needed. Local regulations wouldn't allow construction to start without proper permitting. Wouldn't think it could already be in litigation if the job was waiting on plumbing to be installed so slab could be poured. The building is now finished, but apparently no water.

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Originally Posted by Johnny P

The building is now finished, but apparently no water.

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You'd think they might learn something from this.

Doesn't seem economically feasible, but have heard they use different contractors for different phases of construction.

7 Brew right down the street is doing a land office business. They are in a large parking lot where most of the businesses have closed, and not unusual to see lines 200 feet long there.