PArmi the two projects to take over the activities of the company Intell SA., which operates the Filigranes bookstores, presented last week to the French-speaking business court in Brussels, it is the project of the businessman Mehmet Sandurac who was selected, we learned this Monday. This had received, during the vote conducted on Wednesday, the approval of the majority of the bookstore staff, preferred to the project presented by the former CEO of Delhaize Denis Knoops, president of Finance&Invest.Brussels, associated with Michel Culot.
The project of Mehmet Sandurac, founder of Mayfair, provides for the takeover of the Filigranes bookstore located on Avenue des Arts. It would move in February 2025 to settle next to the Mayfair concept store located on Boulevard de Waterloo, on the site of the former BMW garage. On the social level, 31 of the company’s 45 workers will be taken on for the new project. On the other hand, the bookstore located in Knokke will not be maintained. Mehmet Sandurac has put 305,000 euros on the table for his project to take over Filigranes, for which he intends to invest 1.5 million euros, his lawyer Julien Tondreau indicated last Wednesday.
“I am delighted that it is Mehmet Sandurac’s project which has been taken up, and that a great sequel has been given to this story”, comments Marc Filipson at Evening“the idea that the books are integrated into an environment like that of Mayfair, which allows us to perpetuate the welcome of the authors, and find their place in a larger project corresponds to what I always wanted for Filigranes. The most important thing is to be able to continue to welcome the public and share the passion for reading,” he recalls. The creator of the bookstore will not be involved in the project, he had already indicated. The transfer of Intell’s activities is scheduled for December 1. The end-of-year holiday period is obviously crucial in terms of sales volume.
According to the judgment rendered by the French-speaking company court, Mehmet Sandurac’s plan was preferred because it “best guarantees the permanence of employment. This is what tipped the scales,” comments Maître Tondreau, the businessman’s lawyer. The court would also have taken into account that 21 of the 31 employees present at the hearing last Wednesday had opted for this project. In addition to the permanent commitment of five fixed-term contracts, the project led by the creator of Mayfaire guarantees staff support measures, including a raised end-of-year bonus.
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