Brixton Village And Market Row Listed As Assets Of Community Value

Brixton Village and Market Row have been listed as Assets of Community Value. Image: Matt Brown, Creative Commons

Brixton Village and Market Row have been listed as Assets of Community Value, following a suggestion that private equity firms were about to purchase them.

In June, we reported that the Brixton Traders and Community Association's (BTCA) had discovered it only had a few days to make a credible bid on the covered markets (collectively Brixton Market), with unnamed private equity firms champing at the bit to buy up the sites. The concern was that the markets would be taken out of community control, with independents ousted for larger chains in pursuit of higher profit. Almost 40,000 people subsequently signed a 'Buy Back Brixton' petition.

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