Originally Posted by
mandolino
Due to the never-ending excavations in Paveletsky Ploshchad, (why?)
Before the 2008 crisis the construction started there as an underground shopping mall (like the one on Manejnaja Square). Then came the crisis, the works stopped, the developer went bankrupt and the site was idle for a few years. I don't know the exact state of the project today, but there was an idea to build a underground car park there instead.