| The Duncarse Ltd office at Whitehall House in Yeaman’s Shore has been closed since staff left on Friday and buyers have since been unable to contact anyone at the company.
Calls to the office were again ringing out and going to answerphone.
It is understood that 44 people have already paid a deposit of £6000 each to secure a property in the 202-flat Riverside development.
Less than a week ago Duncarse Ltd managing director Mark Wilson said the company was not planning to pull the plug on the project after fears were expressed by buyers.
At the time, Mr Wilson said, “We are here and we are still trading.”
Mr Wilson was asked whether it was true that his staff at Whitehall House in Yeaman Shore were to be made redundant and said, “We have been considering redundancies and we have made a few people redundant.”
Duncarse bought the Riverside site — formerly occupied by a Homebase DIY store — for £10 million from David Hagan.
Planning consent for 202 apartments was granted by Dundee councillors in December 2005, but the application was condemned by Dundee Civic Trust and West End Community Council.
The development will create one, two and three-bedroom apartments within five blocks for more than £300,000 each, arranged over eight levels, including penthouses.
The site was locked up today with no workers on site. A sign on the fence said the sales pod would be opening “October 2008” but today it remained within the site unfinished. |
