It’s Day 1 of Stage 1 of Alberta’s relaunch amid the COVID-19 pandemic and while stores, businesses and malls are beginning to reopen, they look much different than just a couple of months ago.
Southgate Centre in south Edmonton opened its doors on Thursday morning, but not all of its stores have decided to reopen just yet.
Mall traffic was slow but the general manager said he’s feeling excited. “I’m happy to see that traffic is picking up and people are slowly coming to check out Southgate, see what kind of changes have been made and currently just browsing around, getting a feel,” Vivian Wagner said.
Some of the changes include hand sanitizer dispensers at high-traffic areas such as entrances and mall directories. Fewer tables are set up