This study focused the innovation and succession of an accommodation behind the Nagoya Station. To this extent, it explores this renovation project as “production of space” that has risen in the gaps of the maglev line development. It does so by seeking to answer the following questions—first, why did the real estate owner rent out the accommodation to the entrepreneurs; second, what was the purpose and aim of the entrepreneurs’ renovation of this accommodation; and third, what kind of innovation and gentrification did the encounter between the real estate owner and entrepreneurs cause in this space?

　This paper focuses on the emergence of a “new urban social movement”. It is different from the urban social movement in Keynesian cities (Castells 1983). In the midst of neoliberalizing cities, grassroots entrepreneurs are emerging as leaders in the restoration of “use-value”.

　It was seen that civic entrepreneurs were able to restore the social relations inherent to the accommodation, and create social and spatial innovations. They have created “service hubs”, where community building is linked to entrepreneurial activities (Dear and Wolch 1997). Behind the Nagoya station, safety nets emerged for those who had been socially excluded as a result of neoliberal gentrification. It is on the basis of these service hubs that a non-profit organization is connecting with local entrepreneurs and generating profits from the city, to make the “new urban social movement” a sustainable one.