Citizen’s entrepreneurs revealed that they received “notifications” to evacuate “kiosks” that they rented for emerging projects in various commercial fields inside the Dubai Mall shopping center, pointing out that these notifications determined the evacuation period by the end of the rental contracts.
They called on the center’s administration through «Emirates Today» to reconsider the decision to evacuate those stalls, and to find final solutions to this problem, so that they are not exposed to significant financial losses, dispensing with employees, as well as closing the warehouses for the goods and products they import.
They explained that the evacuation requests did not include any compensation or alternatives appropriate to the kiosks that they would leave, noting that the “Mall” administration attributed the reasons for the eviction to “personal use” and “organizational operations”, which forced a number of them to resort to litigation procedures to renew the leasing contracts.
They assured «Emirates Today» their commitment to long -term supply contracts with factories that supply goods for their emerging projects, noting also to the cost of designing kiosks, and the operating fees for companies that they settled to start their business. On the topic, but she did not receive a response until the preparation of the report.
Entrepreneurs
A citizen’s entrepreneur, who preferred not to be named, said that the management of the shopping center welcomed during the “Kofid-19” pandemic to establish a “kiosk” for a project, pointing out that he continued to practice his work until he was able to overcome the difficult circumstances that small projects faced during the period of the pandemic.
He added to «Emirates Today»: “I was surprised during the recent period by receiving a notice that warns of evacuating the kiosk, claiming organizational operations.”
He continued: «I established my project under the umbrella of one of the national institutions concerned with small and medium enterprises, and I endured in the stage of starting the creation of the kiosk, with many entrepreneurs, the challenges of the circumstances of the pandemic for a period exceeding two years, until I managed to cover the operating costs related to the establishment of the project, which makes it difficult Currently, bearing the issue of evacuation. ”
The entrepreneur emphasized that the evacuation of the kiosk means exposure to financial losses, especially as it is linked to long -term supply contracts with external factories that supply goods and products, in addition to the consequent “demobilization” of a number The material, and he said: “No appropriate alternatives were presented when the warning is issued to evacuate the kiosk, which forced me to resort to litigation procedures to renew the contract, and try to maintain the project.” He pointed out that such measures harm many entrepreneurs from citizens who start emerging work for them Through these kiosks, he called the shopping center management to support their projects by reviewing its decision.
Costs and losses
In turn, the entrepreneur of another citizen, who preferred not to be named, said: “I received an alert to evacuate the entrepreneurial site that I manage, which is something that supports me to incur financial losses, especially after spending a great financial cost in advertising and promoting the project, as well as adhering to the contracts of supply and products, And the human cadres that were employed to manage the project.
In response to a question about the justifications for directing the evacuation notifications, he said: “The center attributed the reasons for the evacuation to personal use, despite its welcoming during previous periods of establishing these stalls.” He pointed out that no appropriate compensation or alternatives were offered to him, which forced him to resort to the judiciary to renew The rental contract, and the continuation of the work of his project, called on the shopping center management to review its decision, and to provide alternatives that allow owners of kiosks to continue their work within the center as long as they are committed to rental contracts.
Work challenges
In the same context, another citizen of the Emirates Today presented his experience in establishing his project, saying: “I faced several difficulties during the Kofid-19 period when starting the work of the kiosk inside the shopping center, including the challenges of work during the pandemic, and the high operating costs.”
He added: “I tried to compensate for these challenges, with more effort and work during the years following the paved years, until I received a notice in the recent period to evacuate the site of the kiosk.”
He agreed with his counterparts that the evacuation of the kiosk threatens multiple financial losses, related to his commitment to supply contracts, payment of bank financing obligations he obtained to support and develop his project, in addition to other operating costs of employees salaries, and rent warehouses for goods that are marketed through the kiosk.
He pointed out that the shopping center did not offer appropriate alternatives to evacuation, nor did it specify compensation instead of the financial losses that entrepreneurs may be exposed to at the end of their rental and evacuation contracts, indicating that this prompted many owners of stalls to resort to the judiciary, and many of them succeeded in continuing, and stressed On the importance of finding final solutions to the problem of “evacuation” and reviewing the decision.
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