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Prime Showroom Space Available in Fitzrovia.

tl;dr

Space
213 sqm (2,290 sq ft) of ground and basement retail and showroom space for rent on Eastcastle Street, Fitzrovia, London W1, finished in pristine white walls, hard white wooden flooring and full storefront glazing. The character is clean gallery adjacent minimalism rather than themed retail, sitting on a working studio and tailoring block minutes from Oxford Circus.
Best For
Season long pop-up store trading with fitting rooms and counters already installed, fashion showroom running wholesale appointments and buyer previews in the basement while the ground floor stays open, press day venue and collection preview, sample sale space using the stock room for replenishment, and gallery showing or art exhibition. All five formats are available on the same 90 day term.
Standout Features
Two floor trading layout that lets a press day run upstairs while buyer appointments or a sample sale run below, plus fitting rooms, counters, garment rail and a dedicated stock room already in place, which makes the unit move-in ready without a build. Also included: passenger lift between floors, complete kitchen suitable for catering setup, installed sound and video equipment, air conditioning and heating throughout, CCTV with monitored security system, and parking access, all inspected and vetted by Fashion Week Venues.
Location
Oxford Circus (Central, Victoria and Bakerloo lines) is a 3 minute walk, Tottenham Court Road and the Elizabeth line 10 minutes, Goodge Street 7 minutes, with the Berners Street, Charlotte Street and Langham hotel cluster inside walking distance for visiting press and buyers. The immediate W1 street reads as photographers, post houses, galleries and independent tailors, so arriving for a temporary rental feels closer to a private appointment than a shopping trip, with kerbside loading easiest before 10am.
Availability
Day rate is £480 (approximately €560) with a 90 day minimum term and no fixed maximum, so this suits a full season rather than a short fashion week takeover. Spaces at this address typically book 8 to 12 weeks ahead in London, and demand tightens around the February and September show windows and the Q4 Christmas trading run.
How to Book
Enquire through this listing with your dates and format and our London team replies within 24h with confirmed availability and a costed outline, with no charge until confirmed. Permit paperwork, retail staffing and fit-out coordination are handled by Fashion Week Venues on the brand's behalf, so request availability now to hold your window.
213 m²
2290 sq ft
london
GB
£480 / day
per day
pop-up store
3 use cases
in short
213 sqm (2,290 sq ft) of ground and basement retail and showroom space for rent on Eastcastle Street, Fitzrovia, London W1, finished in pristine white walls, hard white wooden flooring and full storefront glazing. The character is clean gallery adjacent minimalism rather than themed retail, sitting on a working studio…
city
London
area
213 sqm
day rate
£480 / day
postcode
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use cases
pop up store · retail activation · showroom presentation
included
Internet · Air Conditioning · Security System

about this space

This commercial space is centrally located in Fitzrovia, just a short distance from Regent Street and Oxford Circus tube station. The area features a variety of well-known independent eateries and international brands, as well as several hotels. The unit boasts a prime position with significant foot traffic, pristine white walls, and is in excellent condition. It offers both ground and basement floor trading space, hard white wooden flooring, and good lighting along with a visible storefront. This space is ideally suited for launching a pop-up store, providing an opportunity to cultivate lasting customer relationships within the Fitzrovia community. Amenities include internet access, air conditioning, a security system, a stock room, counters, fitting rooms, a garment rack, lighting, furniture, sound and video equipment, electricity, heating, parking, an elevator, a kitchen, and CCTV.

the fwv take

Book this Eastcastle Street unit for a season long pop-up store or a standing wholesale showroom rather than a three day fashion week takeover, because the 90 day minimum term and the fully installed retail infrastructure of fitting rooms, counters, garment rail and stock room only pay for themselves across a full trading quarter.

The split across 213 sqm of ground and basement with a passenger lift between the two is the operational feature that does the real work here, letting a press day or open retail experience run at street level on the visible storefront while buyer appointments, a sample sale or stock replenishment sit out of sight below, and in our experience that separation is what stops a brand having to choose between selling and presenting in the same week.

It fits an established independent or scaling contemporary label, roughly three to ten years in, working in tailoring, elevated menswear, contemporary womenswear, footwear, eyewear or jewellery, with a clean gallery adjacent aesthetic that sits comfortably against pristine white walls and pale wooden floors; this is not an address for a luxury maison chasing Mount Street signalling, nor for fast fashion volume merchandising that needs dense rails and loud graphics, and brands whose identity depends on daylight should note the basement is artificially lit throughout.

Enquire eight to twelve weeks out as a minimum, since the February and September show windows and the Q4 Christmas run are the first to go on this block, and be aware that kerbside loading on Eastcastle Street is genuinely tight after 10am because studio crews and delivery vans work the same narrow stretch, so schedule installs early and let our venue sourcing team confirm access windows before you commit; if your dates are shorter than a quarter, other spaces in London will serve you better.

what's included

  • Internet
  • Air Conditioning
  • Security System
  • Stock Room
  • Counters
  • Fitting Rooms
  • Garment Rack
  • Lighting
  • Furniture
  • Sound & Video Equipment
  • Electricity
  • Heating
  • Parking
  • Elevator
  • Kitchen
  • CCTV

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how to book this space

  1. 01

    Check the shell and the dates

    Review the gallery, 213 sqm floor plan and amenities for Prime Showroom Space Available in Fitzrovia, then note the window you want in London. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.

  2. 02

    Send the brief

    Use the request panel on this page to send your dates, expected footfall and budget. The listed rate is a starting point at €559 per day.

  3. 03

    Get availability and a quote

    We confirm availability with the operator and come back within 24 hours with the all-in cost: rent, staffing, permits and fit-out for London.

  4. 04

    Lock the contract

    Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.

  5. 05

    Build and open

    Fit-out, install and staff the pop-up. Our production team handles delivery, install and the strike at the end of the run in London.

use cases

pop up storeretail activationshowroom presentationproduct launchbrand activationgallery showingart exhibition

location

plotting…
london·51.5171° · -0.1381°

what's around

16 stores within 600 m, incl. Sir Tom Baker, George Northwood, Folk

brands nearby

Sir Tom BakerGeorge NorthwoodFolkDennys BrandsOle & SteenLigne RosetArlettieHonest BurgersO2TortillaUniqloReissH&MNando's
fashion stores
12
beauty
3
design & interiors
1
galleries
2
cafés
8
restaurants & bars
22
other retail
12
  • Sir Tom Baker30 m
  • George Northwood40 m
  • Folk70 m
  • Pipeline80 m
  • Long Bar90 m
  • Yalla Yalla - Lebanese Kitchen90 m

the neighbourhood

Photographers, casting directors, post production houses, bespoke tailors and small wholesale showrooms are the working population of these streets, and they set the tone far more than the chain stores two blocks south. Within a couple of minutes of this address you have Sir Tom Baker cutting bespoke on Eastcastle Street, Folk on Berners Street, Dennys Brands supplying the trade, Arlettie running its London sample sale programme near Great Titchfield Street, and the gallery pair of Pipeline and St. Art Gallery on the Margaret Street side. Newman Street and Wells Street carry the studio and production trade, Rathbone Place holds media and tech offices, Ligne Roset covers design press and George Northwood handles beauty. In our experience placing brands across spaces in London, this stretch of Fitzrovia is one of very few central W1 blocks where a showroom space, a content studio and a working atelier operate on the same pavement without any of them looking out of place.

Brands pick this block because it delivers Oxford Circus access without Oxford Circus behaviour, and that single trade is what most decisions here turn on. Soho brings more evening energy but tighter loading windows, noisier neighbours and higher rates per square metre. Mayfair around Mount Street and Bruton Street signals luxury but prices out anything below a heavy budget and skews the guest list older. Shoreditch and Redchurch Street read younger and cost less, yet ask buyers and international press to make a journey they routinely decline inside a compressed show schedule. Covent Garden gives tourist volume in place of qualified footfall. Here you are three minutes from the Central, Victoria and Bakerloo lines, ten from Tottenham Court Road and the Elizabeth line, and walking distance from the Berners Street, Charlotte Street and Langham hotel cluster where visiting editors and wholesale buyers actually stay. What it does not give you is a destination shopping street, so weigh it honestly against other markets using our city compare tool before committing a season.

Arriving on Eastcastle Street feels closer to a scheduled appointment than a shopping trip, which is precisely what most of our clients want from a press day location. Mornings belong to studio crews, coffee runs toward Kiss the Hippo and Bageltopia, and delivery vans working the narrow kerb before ten. Midday fills with agency and office lunch traffic heading for Chishuru, Honest Burgers and Homeslice. By early evening the street clears quickly, leaving gallery openings and the Berners Street hotel bars. The 213 sqm across ground and basement, with white walls, clean flooring, fitting rooms, stock room and storefront glazing, lets a fashion presentation run upstairs while buyer appointments or a sample sale sit below. What we consistently hear from brand teams who activate here is that the calm reads as credibility rather than quiet. Be clear on the limit though: this is not a location for high volume tourist retail or spontaneous walk-in numbers, and the ninety day minimum rules out short show week takeovers, which is exactly the kind of filtering our venue sourcing team does before a site visit.

getting here & street life

nearest transit

  • Oxford Circusmetro327 m · 4 min
  • Goodge Streetmetro465 m · 6 min
  • Tottenham Court Roadmetro538 m · 7 min
  • Tottenham Court Roadrail431 m · 5 min
  • Bond Streetrail740 m · 9 min
  • Great Titchfield Street / Oxford Circus Stationbus · 51889164 m · 2 min

street activity

high footfall.

34 places within 200 m · 28 stores · 30 cafés and restaurants · pedestrianised street

within 200 m
34
within 400 m
60
within 600 m
60

the neighbourhood

Wells Street is a street in the City of Westminster. It runs from Riding House Street in the north to Oxford Street in the south. It is crossed by Mortimer Street and Eastcastle Street. It is joined on its western side by Marylebone Passage and on the eastern side by Booth's Place and Wells Mews.

  • London Fo Guang Shan Temple · 9 m
  • Welsh Church of Central London · 59 m
  • The Cartoon Museum · 66 m
  • Eastcastle Street robbery · 70 m
  • Pilar Corrias · 70 m

frequently asked

Yes — Prime Showroom Space Available in Fitzrovia is a vetted pop-up ready space in London, 213 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing.

who it suits

Brand Scale

This space suits an established independent or scaling contemporary label with a 10 to 40 person team, 3 to 10 years of trading, and annual revenue in the £2m to £20m range. Two reasons: 213 sqm across ground and basement is a genuine two floor retail operation rather than a single room, and the 90 day minimum lease means this is a season long temporary retail space, not a three day fashion week venue. Brands at this stage typically find the stock room, fitting rooms, counters and kitchen remove most of the fit out burden. Where we see mismatches is when a founder led label with no retail staffing budget takes it on and cannot cover a full quarter of trading hours, or when a global flagship brand treats it as a substitute for Regent Street frontage. If you need a short window, look at other spaces in London instead.

Aesthetic Fit

Clean, gallery adjacent minimalism performs best here. Pristine white walls, hard white wooden flooring and good lighting create a neutral shell that reads well for tailoring, elevated menswear, contemporary womenswear, footwear, eyewear, jewellery, skincare and design objects. It is the same visual language as neighbours such as Folk and Sir Tom Baker, and the two nearby galleries reinforce that read. Colour blocked fixtures, printed graphics and sculptural product all hold against white without competing. What does not work: heavily themed heritage interiors, dark moody nightlife concepts, or fast fashion volume merchandising that needs dense rails and loud signage. The basement level also limits natural light, so brands whose identity depends on daylight and window seating should discount this one early.

Best Use Cases

First choice is a season long pop-up shop. The visible storefront, fitting rooms, garment rack, counters and Oxford Circus footfall make it a trading unit from day one, and the 90 day floor rewards brands testing a London retail experience properly. Second is a fashion showroom and wholesale appointment base, with the basement handling private buyer meetings while the ground floor stays open. Third is a press day venue and collection preview, supported by air conditioning, sound and video equipment and lift access. Fourth is a sample sale, following the Arlettie precedent nearby, using the stock room for replenishment. Fifth is a gallery showing or art exhibition. Sixth is a content studio between trading hours. Plan the retail rota early with retail staffing.

Budget Signal

This sits in the mid to upper band for W1 short-term commercial space, but the cost per square metre is competitive because you are paying for 213 sqm rather than a small frontage unit. Compared with prime Regent Street or Oxford Street retail, it is a fraction of the commitment while sitting minutes from the same footfall. Compared with a hotel event space, it gives you daily trading revenue instead of a fixed hire fee, and it is far better equipped than a co-working venue or shared pop-up concept where you cannot control the interior. Factor in staffing, stock logistics and a 90 day run when you model this; our budget calculator gives a realistic full season figure rather than the headline rate.

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