[McBane]

The lag time (at least a few weeks) between the groundbreaking ceremony and actual work commencing is very common. I don't know why developers choose to the hold the ceremonies so far in advance of the real work beginning, but there must be a good reason (perhaps the need to coordinate schedules of all the VIPs?) because it happens all the time. But I'd imagine it would be super embarrassing to have all these dignitaries at a groundbreaking ceremony only to not have the project get off the ground within a short amount of time, so I can't imagine this not happening within the next few weeks.