The Biosfera Plaza Shopping Center will reopen its doors this Monday, May 25, 2020, after its closure due to the State of Alarm decreed by the Government of Spain due to the COVID-19 health crisis.
The opening hours of the center will be the usual ones, from Monday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Sundays and holidays from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Commercial premises that wish to do so, and as part of the support plan developed by the shopping center for operators, may reduce their opening hours from 12:00 to 20:00 during Phase 2 of the de-escalation.
For this new stage, the space has developed an exhaustive protocol of security and hygiene measures for its customers, workers and suppliers. It should be noted that the use of masks is mandatory to transit the Shopping Center under the conditions established in the BOE of May 20, 2020. As an advantage, the center is outdoors, which benefits the return to activity of the restaurants and leisure facilities it houses. Leisure services will resume their activity in phase 3, in which mobility and capacity restrictions will be relaxed.
The Biosfera Plaza protocol is based on different pillars, which affect both the common areas and the accesses to the center and each of the shops. In this way, it includes hygienic-sanitary measures for the facilities, customers, workers and visitors with special needs. In addition, each of the operators has developed complementary special plans. It should be noted that the space is also prepared to act in the event that it is detected that an employee or visitor has symptoms of the disease.
Given the current situation and to help the shopping center operators, Biosfera Plaza has also developed a support plan for entrepreneurs. This includes a new agenda of events with a capacity of less than 50 people, which will be implemented from July 1; or actions to decorate spaces. Likewise, the center will offer, to promote consumption, a service to customize clothing through its own website: www.biosferaplaza.es.
To begin this new stage, the shopping center will host the exhibition "Alisios: floral composition of Lanzarote". Through a dozen works, the artist Sara Hernández takes a tour of the landscape and tradition of her native island through elements of nature.
In its commitment to minimize the risk and exposure of its workers and customers, the shopping center has created a virus prevention department, located on its website. Its objective is to inform about the security and hygiene measures adopted, which will also be communicated through its social networks, within an awareness campaign for society.
In the words of the manager of Biosfera Plaza, María José Ortega Monzón, "the retail, leisure and restaurant sector is immersed in a period of uncertainty, but, despite this, we are moving forward with our sights set on creating a safe space that allows us to continue providing new experiences to the main agents that make Biosfera Plaza possible: our customers and merchants. Biosfera Plaza, in addition to being a meeting point, is the livelihood of many families in Lanzarote and, for this engine to continue to have life, we need the support of residents and visitors. Together we will emerge strengthened from this opportunity that life has given us to rethink the lifestyle we were leading."