Mall's Boston Pizza still up in the air.(The buzz: tips, rumors & miscellaneous pieces of...

It's been a long road for Boston Pizza in its attempt to build a standalone restaurant at the Bellis Fair mall, and the company continues to hold out hope that their plans will become reality.

The gourmet pizza company, based in Richmond, B.C., started planning for a 5,500-square-foot Bellingham location in the summer of 2002, but has run into numerous challenges just to get construction started.

While construction issues and negotiations with General Growth Management, the owners of Bellis Fair, have delayed the project, the company did apply for a liquor l