The Grade II-listed building at 8 Carlos Place was previously fashion designer Roland Mouret’s London flagship store and headquarters.
After Mouret’s company went into administration in 2021, House of Louie and Bambini operator Paris Society secured a premises licence for a restaurant and bar at the address, but the venue never opened.
Westminster City Council granted Public House Group Limited planning permission and listed building consent for a major refit earlier this year.
The plans span the basement to the fourth floor and include a second-floor commercial kitchen, new back-of-house areas and toilets, and changes to the layout on several levels.
The scheme also includes a lift in an existing shaft, separate service lifts, built-in furniture and joinery, and a new kitchen extraction duct.
The scale of the fit-out leaves scope for the group to bring several different offers under one roof, as it has with The Fat Badger and Canteen in Notting Hill.
Public House Group’s expansion has gathered pace over the past few years, with Italian restaurant CeCe’s opening in Notting Hill in March and The Horses following in Clerkenwell in September.
James Gummer, Olivier van Themsche and Phil Winser founded the group after opening The Pelican in Notting Hill in 2022.
Its other venues include The Fat Badger and Canteen in Notting Hill, The Hero in Maida Vale, The Hart in Marylebone and The Bull in Charlbury in the Cotswolds.
In October, the group added The Walmer Castle in Notting Hill to its operating portfolio after the pub was acquired by existing investor BNF Hospitality.