WORRIED council chiefs feared big delays could hit the facelift that Blackburn shopping precinct desperately needed.
The future of the centre, built in the 1960s, looked uncertain with stock market speculation that it could be about to change hands for the second time in two years.
Rumours grew of a property sell-off by the company that owned it.
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