1) It's a new place that wasn't there before.
2) We didnt pay for it.
Why are you complaining about the place? East LonDONNERS love to complain about every little thing. Yet, when change knocks on the door - they will all jump at the opportunity to knock it down.
East Londoners deserve East London.
He thinks that it should have been completed and all the shops occupied before it opened.