MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Opa-locka Hialeah Flea Market will probably be a factor of the previous come the top of June, and that has some distributors upset as they have been simply given discover final week.
“There was not Walmart, Target, the flea market was the only thing the island people could come and shop and take the merchandise back home,” Leo Alba, Beauty Man proprietor mentioned.
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For 40 years, it stood, as a staple for the local people, then this previous Friday a warning was concern to distributors, many have been caught off guard. “The owner that bought this place promised us 10 years that he would help us,” Alba instructed a crowd of distributors.
Now, they’ll all have to be out by the top of June.
“My kids are going to lose out here a lot of people’s kids are going to lose out here, I know from this a lot of elderly women are going to lose their home,” Alba mentioned.
The flea market presently has about 500 distributors, one can discover nearly something there, from pets, footwear, cloth, electronics, meals, and even dentistry.
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“All they’re asking is to give us more time to find another place, this is not packing your suitcase and going on an airplane this is a business to move,” Mike Hassouneh, Mike’s Cell proprietor mentioned.
CBS 4 checked in on the administration workplace, however nobody was there, an indication on the door warned tenants that their license settlement expires June 20, 2022.
“They should have given each vendor at least $5,000 and tell them listen try to find you a place here’s $5,000 of compensation thank you for supporting us for 40 something years, no they’re just threatening us that they’re going to throw the merchandise away and we have to leave like dogs,” Alba added.
CBS 4 additionally reached out to the house owners, however have but to hear again.
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Meanwhile, distributors hope somebody will hear them out and provides them some extra time.