Come Christmas, the process of transforming the southern end of Water Street will begin in earnest with the opening of the US$6 million Avinash Entertainment Complex. By then, 70 per cent of its 45 stalls would have been occupied by various vendors offering an assortment of goods and services to the public.
Guyanese businessman Harry Panday, who owns and operates the well-known Kent Garment Factory, is one of the primary investors in the establishment that is significant in more ways than one. Apart from the fact that it symbolizes more than a modest measure of faith in the Guyana economy, the new entertainment complex is by far the single largest investment in the same neck of the woods that accommodates the well-known Tiger Bay neighbourhood.
The new entertainment facility is under construction on the same Water Street premises that houses the popular Avinash Complex, another of the establishments owned by the