“ I see that a Barnet Society committee member has written to officially support the hotel, giving this gem: "Without this investment The Spires too will not survive".
However, the Barnet Society reported in April that "Footfall in the Spires shopping centre is up by over 50 per cent in the first three months of this year". That "The Spires’ landlords have invested millions in the centre and all the indicators are positive". That "the Spires’ major tenants are meeting their sales targets". This is all without the hotel being built.
So which one is it? Is the Spires not going to survive without the hotel, or was the Barnet Society's report of April 2018 not true? It can't be both. I'm going to guess that this is yet another example of scaremongering emanating from the direction of the Barnet Society with regards to this hotel being built. Shameful. ”