Shrunken West Street scheme is not what we want

A while ago we asked whether Boston was still set to get a major new shopping centre after a number of prominent websites which report development news were saying that the "Merchants Quay" project has now been saved.
Property Week reported that a company called Scarborough Group had bought Modus Properties and seven other Modus companies for £37m, and that the deal included the £80m Merchant’s Quay scheme in Boston.
A spokesman for Ernst & Young, which was appointed administrator of 14 Modus companies when they went into administration in June last year, called the deal a significant one, which would ensure the schemes would now be completed in a number of key locations.
When Merchants Quay was first mooted the £80 million project was said to be intended to revitalise a 12.26 acre area, stretching from West Street to Lincoln Lane including a 60,000 sq ft department store, a food store, eight "major space units," 17 additional units of various sizes, a new "riverside restaurant quarter," a 700 space "gold standard" car park, more than 100 new "city-style apartments," an hotel and a new "iconic" pedestrian bridge linking to the town centre.
However, this is Boston, and so there is always a fly in the ointment.
Repeated requests to the Scarborough Group asking for more information about their proposals for their newly acquired asset have been repeatedly ignored - so clearly, they don't feel that they have got that much to write home about. Ask them yourself if you like, the address is info@scarboroughgroup.com
Now we note from a story on the Europe Real Estate website that the area in question - far from being the major and much needed transformation of most of West Street that we all hoped for - is described as a "retail unit" on two acres in the town centre based on Rosegarth Street (see photo below from Google Maps.)

If this is the rectangle defined by the street itself, it may well include the recently opened car park that was acquired locally as an investment whilst Modus were still planning the project.
And if the news is correct, it's a blow for the town, as yet another piecemeal "retail unit" is the last thing that Boston needs.
We want an imaginative, sweeping plan for the whole area - something that ... for all its faults ... the Modus plan included in large measure..
Hopefully one day our local papers might start pursuing stories such as these and let us know what going on - or perhaps the council might have something to say ... but we won't hold our breath!
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