Par Audrey Gruaz
Published on 25 May 22 at 18:17
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Arrived on March 1, the new director of the Les Saisons shopping center in Meaux (Seine-et-Marne) intends to continue the development of the center as her predecessor had initiated.
Actu : Stéphanie Betka, you are the new director of Les Saisons. Can you introduce yourself ?
Stéphanie Betka: I am originally from Reims, but I worked for almost 15 years abroad building and fitting out shopping centres, notably in Russia, Ukraine and Luxembourg, where I followed an innovative project for a two-storey integrated shopping centre. housing towers.
You arrived in March, did you discover the center on that date?
S.B : No, I have already been working on the layout of the gallery for more than a year, with Jean-Marie Brial (the director of the shopping center until now, editor’s note).
Your predecessor had started a reorganization of the gallery to give a new identity to the Seasons. What is your position ?
S.B : I will be in continuity. Today, we no longer come to a shopping center just to do our shopping, we also want to find leisure, health there… This is why we are going to continue to bring the shops down to the ground floor. ground floor and offer the medical floor. Les Saisons is intended to be a family shopping center and the medical component makes sense, which is why an ophthalmology practice will open in a few weeks. There are also services like the coworking space which opened recently. At the end of June, Chausséa will take over the place of Fnac and La Belle Rose with its new identity, which is now called Unyk Shoes. Devred will also move to the ground floor.
An hour of silence in the center
Since Monday, May 23, the mall has introduced a silent hour. Every Monday, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., the music is less loud, the lights are less violent, microphone calls are rarer. In recent years, these “silent hours” have been developed in certain supermarkets in order to meet the demand of hypersensitive customers or those suffering from autism disorders. The sounds and light that are always very present in shopping centers are experienced, for these people, as attacks, transforming their purchases into an ordeal. “This silent hour will also be beneficial to customers wishing to enjoy a peaceful shopping session”, specifies the center. “This system is part of the commitment of the Seasons of Meaux for the inclusion of people with disabilities and their families”.
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For nearly a year, customers have passed near leisure facilities that remain closed, such as the zip line. Where is the project?
S.B : He is coming. Finally ! We had some setbacks with the company responsible for installing it, but this time we should be able to put it into operation in July. A zipline in a shopping centre, it’s original but we believe in it! As for the trampoline area, on the other side of the center, which will also open soon. We will also multiply the animations in the gallery.
What kind of animations are you talking about?
S.B : Last week, we had an animation around recycling. In June, there will be three weeks around the world of the Little Prince with workshops for children. From August to September we will have a life-size dinosaur exhibit with noise and animation that the kids will love. We want to make Les Saisons de Meaux a place of life and not just of consumption.
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