Developer CJ Efstratiou told Mainstreet Wanganui operations manager Ritchie Minnell yesterday that building would begin at his central Wanganui shopping site shortly.
Mr Minnell had phoned the developer at his home in England about other matters.
A start on building the retail complex had been scheduled in the past but the work did not progress. Archaeologists working at the site had battled to be paid by the developer, which caused a holdup.
Mr Minnell has heard the project is now to take place all at once, rather than in stages.
It is a big job - plans approved by the Wanganui District Council in July last year show a 5530sq m, two-storey building for Farmers, with its back against St Hill St. The centre of the site is a 71-space car park.