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Old Posted Jun 23, 2011, 12:17 PM
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Yes, but this time it's coming up! at last. So, for now they're just tearing down the low-rise that D2 will replace.
Pictures by Jex ; he took these yesterday afternoon, posted on french PSS :






I'm sure Jex is fluent in english by the way; just saying...
Get your shy butt over here Jex.
Kidding, still he'd be welcome on SSP as well, wouldn't he?

Okay, this is the schedule according to well-informed defense-92.fr :
  • Demolition of the Veritas building shown above from june to september 2011.
  • Work on the foundations from october 2011 to february 2012.
  • Construction of the infrastructure from february to late 2012.
  • Construction of the superstructure from november 2012 to late 2013.
  • Completion is expected by september 2014.

Can't wait. We saw someone saying it looked pretty similar to iconic Swiss Re nicknamed Gherkin or Cucumber in London. Kind of but then this one D2 should be a better Cucumber and I beg the Brits for not beating me here
Here's an additional render from above and taken from defense-92.fr, helping to figure :



We'll be following that.