Shaftesbury Capital has announced that ELEMIS, the global beauty pioneer, has opened its first UK store at 23 Monmouth Street in Covent Garden’s Seven Dials neighbourhood. ELEMIS joins Covent Garden’s significant line-up of cosmetics and beauty brands.

Shaftesbury Capital has announced that The EL&N Deli & Bakery, a brand-new concept from the globally renowned café and lifestyle brand EL&N, is set to open in Covent Garden’s heritage-listed Market Building in July. 

Longmartin Properties Ltd, a joint venture between Shaftesbury and the Mercers’ Company, has announced a pair of firsts with its latest F&B signings. Totalling almost 2,000 sq ft, The Yards, Covent Garden, will welcome a restaurant debut for UKIYO and a central London first for Buns from Home.

Vonder, the global co-living brand, has announced that it will launch a new branch of its evolved co-living concept, presenting two community driven hotels in Earls Court and Paddington, with the former due to launch in May and the latter in July. The project is an additional venture to the Vonder residential sites already situated in key areas across London.

Leading law firm, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, has committed to a lease regear of their 39,000 sq ft office space at 125 Wood Street, EC2, which is owned by RPMI Railpen (Railpen), the £30bn Railways Pension Scheme.