Posting on the urban75 forums, one of the owners of the long-standing A & C Continental Grocers deli in Brixton has said the future of every business in the railway arches in Atlantic Road is now in doubt.

Network Rail has told businesses operating in the arches along Atlantic Road and Brixton Station Road from Brixton Road to Pope’s Road that they will be served notices by “springtime 2015”.

Here’s the full post:

Have just been told by my landlords, Network Rail, that they have plans to redevelop the Arches we rent, and that we don’t figure in their new shiny plans. It’s not just us, it’s every arch along Atlantic Road and Brixton Station Road, from Brixton Road to Popes Road. Everyone to be Served Notice by “springtime 2015” To Vacate 6 months after. New Units to be available from 2017, but there’s no “first refusal” given to us on the increased new rents that will come with any new tenancy. We have to apply like anyone else interested. So it looks like after over 40 years, its Goodbye A & C Continental Grocers & hello Pret a Manger, Waitrose Local etc.

If this turns out to be the case, we here at Brixton Buzz will put our full weight behind a campaign to save these stores, many of which have been serving Brixton for decades. They form an essential part of Brixton’s character,

We’ll post more later when we get more details, but for now feel free to join the conversation and read the latest updates on the urban75 forums.