Campaign hopes to buy site for community, fearing it could go same route of corporate gentrification as Camden and Old Spitalfields
Traders at Brixton market say they are in a battle of “people over profit” after submitting a last-minute plan to stop the site being bought by a private equity firm which they fear could price out longstanding independent businesses.
Those behind the Buy Back Brixton campaign said they are through to the second stage of a bidding process, competing against multinational companies to buy Brixton Village and Market Row for community ownership.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent.
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