The CEO of the Big chain of outdoor shopping centers is demanding that his tenants open up shop after many of them remained closed Sunday in protest of a lack of government help and other concerns.
On Sunday, the government agreed to earmark NIS 6 billion to help businesses return to the marketplace, in what was seen as a bid to end the retailers’ protest.
“As we’ve said all during this crisis, without strong tenants — there are no healthy shopping centers. We’ve stood by you patiently. Now the time has come to fully return to normal,” CEO Hay Galis writes in a letter, according to Hebrew-language media.
Galis is demanding that stores reopen starting Thursday following Independence Day at all of its 22 shopping centers across the country. He says centers on Sunday were full of shoppers.
“Nobody has permission to lose out,” he adds.
According to current regulations in place, malls must remain closed, but open-air shopping centers may reopen.
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