In no small part due to the initial support of Meanwhile Project and the DTA, The People's Supermarket remains up, running and thriving at Lamb's Conduit Street in Camden, London - and just wanted to update the home team on our performance.

Some headlines:

- we now have over 305…

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Roll up, roll up! The High Town Art For All project went live in Luton on Saturday. With over 100 people through the doors and at least one sale the shops are officially open for business.



Come an visit the shops on High Town Road, Luton.…

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The Development Trust Association is conducting some research to understand the number of problem buildings in the UK that have been abandoned or are in irresponsible private ownership.…

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Seasider pop up shop opens it's doors at 42 Theabold Road, London.

The Seasider campaign opened its doors to the general public yesterday for a sneak preview. The shop, leased to Meanwhile Space by Camden Council for 6 weeks, will host the…

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This is a (slightly) spooky image of an empty shop premises in Camden, London. It's about to become the location of The People's Supermarket, a new community owned, co-operative shop that will open in just a few weeks time. (After a year and a half planning our start-up, we signed the lease last week!) The new social enterprise is occupying a premises that has been empty for years. We are a… Continue

About the Empty Shop Tour



Meanwhile Project has funded key organisations to tour as a Iive project, spending a week working with local artists and the community to create a one-day local history exhibition, finding stories in the places we visit. In each location, the week will be packed full of practical sessions, networking meetings and chances to explore technology - so the people we work with see the potential of empty shops and meanwhile projects.



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Sorry for clumsy PDF upload but attached to this post is an article from a recent supplement to property magazine Estates Gazette ('Centre Retailing 2010') that quotes some useful research by property advisors Colliers CRE that brings dimension to why some areas, rather than others, suffer retail voids. (esp useful to those trying to occupy spaces in London and finding it tricky! er, like me!).



Headlines:



- in some parts of the country, vacancy rates are not as high as the… Continue