Uncertainty Under The Arches: Network Rail's Commercial Property Sell-Off And The Crisis Of Affordable Workspace In London

拱门下的不确定性：网络铁路的商业地产抛售和伦敦经济适用房的危机

• 批准号: 2323700
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2323700
• 关键词: Uncertainty; Under; Arches; Network; Rail

In September 2018, Network Rail agreed to sell 200 railwayarches as a single commercial portfolio to investment groupsTelereal Trillium and Blackstone Property Partners for£1.45bn. The sale represents the latest in a long line ofpublic asset sell-offs in the UK through which rents areshifted from the public to the private realm. While the detailsof the sale are still being negotiated, there are graveconcerns about the future of thousands of archwayenterprises across the country. The potential impacts areparticularly acute in East London, where small businesseshave revitalised the local rail infrastructure while contendingwith rent increases of up to 300%. However, the sale alsorepresents a rare opportunity for organisation amongbusinesses sharing a common landlord. Local businessesorganised through the East End Trades Guild haveresponded by developing an Affordable WorkspaceManifesto, culminating in a campaign for London WorkingRent. This campaign raises critical questions about thecapacities for collective organisation among diverse smallbusinesses, and the possibilities for applying principlesderived from the movements of employees and residentialtenants - such as Living Wage and Living Rent - to thecommercial rental sector.This project proposes a collaboration between the East EndTrades Guild (EETG), the New Economic Foundation (NEF)and the School of Geography at QMUL in order to generatemuch-needed evidence on the impacts of the National Railsell-off in East London and the possibilities for collectiveorganisation and intervention. This research will advancetheoretical understandings of socio-economic value and,specifically, inform emerging policy debates on affordableworkspaces in the context of the ongoing transfer of rentsfrom the public to the private sphere. In terms of itscontribution to social science, the research will advanceemerging debates on the connections between socialentrepreneurship and public life, bringing together researchprogrammes on livelihoods and diverse economies (Monteith& Giesbert 2017; Monteith & Camfield forthcoming) andurban sociality and collective culture (Koch 2016; Koch &Latham 2012; 2013). Furthermore, by addressing questionsabout the possibilities for collective action and organisation,the project will build upon the School of Geography'sreputation for conducting research on local issues in EastLondon in ways that direct national campaigns, such as theLiving Wage campaign (Wills 2008; Wills and Linneker 2014).

2018年9月，Network Rail同意以14.5亿英镑的价格将200条作为单个商业投资组合出售给投资集团的Trillium和Blackstone Property Partners。该销售代表了英国一长串公共资产抛售中的最新产品，通过该产品从公共销售到私人领域。尽管仍在谈判这笔销售的细节，但仍有关于全国数千个Archwayenterprises的未来的重心。在伦敦东部，潜在的影响尤其严重，小型商业服使当地的铁路基础设施振兴了，而租金增加了300％。但是，此次出售也为共享共同房东的社会中的组织提供了难得的机会。通过东区交易的当地商业韦斯特（East End）的行业是开发负担得起的Workspacemanifesto，最终在伦敦工作人员的运动中达到了最终形式。 This campaign raises critical questions about thecapacities for collective organisation among divers smallbusinesses, and the possibilities for applying principlesderived from the movements of employees and residents - such as Living Wage and Living Rent - to the commercial rental sector.This project proposals a collaboration between the East EndTrades Guild (EETG), the New Economic Foundation (NEF) and the School of Geography at QMUL in order to generatemuch-needed evidence on the东伦敦国家铁路赛的影响以及集体组织和干预的可能性。这项研究将提高人们对社会经济价值的理论理解，具体来说，在不断从公共租金转移到私人领域的背景下，有关负担得起的工作空间的新兴政策辩论。就其与社会科学的贡献而言，这项研究将提高有关社会发展和公共生活之间联系的辩论，将有关生计与潜水经济的研究计划汇总在一起（Monteith＆Giesbert 2017; Monteith＆Giesbert 2017; Monteith＆Camfield＆Camfield即将出版）和郊区的社交和集体文化（Koch＆Latham 2013; Koch＆Latham 2013; 2013; 2013; 2013; 2013; 2013》。此外，通过解决有关集体行动和组织的可能性的问题，该项目将基于地理学院的授权，以对东伦敦的当地问题进行研究，以直接的全国运动（例如生活工资运动）（Wills 2008; Wills 2008; Wills and Linneker 2014）。