A new downtown day services center for the homeless will remain shuttered for another two weeks due to construction delays, according to the Downtown Business Improvement District, which is managing the center.

“The opening of the Downtown Day Services Center has been delayed due to construction running behind schedule. The contractor is working around the clock to complete this project as quickly as possible and open the facility,” Neil Albert, president and CEO of the BID, told DCist via email.

The center, which will offer a host of services for homeless men and women five days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., was supposed to open this week. As late as Sunday, the mayor’s office still had the ribbon cutting for the center scheduled for Wednesday. On Monday afternoon, the BID updated its website to reflect the new dates, announcing a new ribbon cutting on February 25.

This isn’t the first time that construction of the center has been delayed. When Mayor Bowser first announced the creation of the center in August of last year, the plan was to have it open by November 1st, when hypothermia season begins and even daytime temperatures can be dangerous to people stuck outdoors all day. Bowser’s administration apportioned $1.7 million in grant money to build the center. At this point, the center will have been closed through most of winter.

At least part of the delay has stemmed from a reconfiguration of the sub basement of the church, which ended up containing unexpected asbestos and fortified concrete that the construction company has had to abate, reports Curbed.

The day services center will fill a hole in homeless services in the District, which does not currently have a centrally-located day center for homeless individuals. Currently, the only one open is in the industrial Langdon neighborhood in Northeast. The closure of the MLK Library for renovations last year also drove up need, as many homeless people spent their days there.

The new center will have showers, laundry facilities, hot meals, computers, and social services resources that can help pair them up with housing. People will also have access to legal services, according to a press release from the mayor’s office released last year. The plan is for the center to serve 100 people per day.

The center will be managed by the downtown BID, which has previously helped run temporary homeless services centers downtown.