Since the Isar department store is over 800 square meters, it had to remain closed until now. Now the great relief for operator Holthaus: He will be allowed to reopen his business next Monday.
Update from May 2, 2019:
The relief can be heard clearly on the phone: Frederik Holthaus, owner of the Isar department store in Geretsried, is allowed to unlock his department store on Egerlandstrasse again. Next Monday, May 4th, the time has come.
Opening next Monday
As reported by the KaDeWe Group, the Bavarian Administrative Court has declared the corona restrictions on trade, according to which only shops with a sales area of less than 800 square meters to reopen, unconstitutional. Prime Minister Markus Söder then corrected the conditions. Now larger stores can sell their goods again on a separate partial area of a maximum of 800 square meters.
"I never thought it would happen so quickly"
Holthaus had requested this and a road map for trade in a letter to the Prime Minister. "I never thought it would happen so quickly," says the entrepreneur on the phone. Söder has also announced a timetable. "It's a great thing," says Holthaus.
The ground floor and first floor are opened
The Wolfratshauser plans to open the Isar department store next Monday at regular times - namely the ground floor and part of the first floor. "Of course with a hygiene protection concept and always with the proviso that the infection numbers are correct," says Holthaus.
Original article from April 24, 2019:
Geretsried - For days, Frederik Holthaus has been doing nothing else: The businessman is trying to find a way to open his department store on Egerlandstrasse in Geretsried, which was closed due to the corona pandemic, as soon as possible. Because his department store has more than 800 square meters of retail space, it is not allowed to reopen from next Monday, April 27, according to the guidelines of the Bavarian state government. The managing director of the Isar department store is very upset about this, as he says in an interview with our newspaper.
24 employees in short-time work
The majority of retail in Bavaria has been idle for five weeks. For Holthaus this meant that he had to send his 24 employees on short-time work. He can only sell a small part of his range via the online marketplace "Dahoamkaufen.de", but bills have to be paid. "We have liquidity problems," admits the 56-year-old. This problem is made somewhat smaller by the Corona emergency aid and loans from the KfW development bank. "Nevertheless, we suffered economic damage."
Separation not allowed
Together with the Bavarian Trade Association (HBE), the entrepreneur wanted to clarify whether he could separate and open an 800 square meter section of his 1,500 square meter department store. "We could have shared the ground floor and half of the first floor," says the owner. But that is not allowed - not understandable for Holthaus.
For reasons of infection law, it is not understandable why a separated area offers less protection than the total sales area. "If the Bavarian government is concerned with preventing large crowds on the streets in front of shops, it should also formulate these restrictions," says the HBE local chairman, referring to large shopping centers or the highly frequented pedestrian zone in Munich.
Holthaus demands planning security
The Wolfratshauser also finds the “lack of perspective” for retail, gastronomy and the hotel industry “impossible”. "We need planning security and a timetable, of course, subject to the number of infections," says the managing director. Instead, you are left in the dark. “We all understand the lockdown. But now it's about starting a normal life carefully and carefully. "
Letter to the Prime Minister
The employer also wants to clear his anger in writing: A letter has already been drawn up to District Administrator Josef Niedermaier, Minister of Economics Hubert Aiwanger and Prime Minister Markus Söder.
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