serviced offices founded 2011 headquarters london uk key people jon hunt emma hunt products luxury business members clubs website pavilion pavilion is a british business members club co founded by the uk property entrepreneur jon hunt and his daughter emma . it opened under the name dryland on london s kensington high street at the end of 2011 offering luxury work space . contents 1 history 2 concept 3 locations 4 reviews 5 references 6 external links history edit media interest in pavilion has centred on the firm being one of the first public forays for its publicity shy founder jon hunt since he sold foxtons 1 the estate agent he founded in a may 2007 deal that made him one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in the uk . 2 hunt has said that he originally entered the serviced office business only by accident after buying a 70s office building in london s battersea district that he intended to convert into residential homes only for planning officials to refuse permission for residential use . 3 concept edit pavilion is notable for being the first premium offering in the serviced offices sector providing members with luxury features such as private dining courtesy of in house chefs and a concierge service . 4 the financial times has described pavilion as providing ... the atmosphere of a private members club and the hospitality of a five star hotel . 5 pavilion is also unusual among serviced office providers for locating in a high end residential area which is not traditionally associated with office space . in may 2014 pavilion added a restaurant to its kensington site . the restaurant is open to the public and overseen by chef adam simmonds who features on bbc television s great british menu and obtained michelin star for his cooking at danesfield house marlow . 6 the restaurant features works by british artist simon casson . locations edit the first pavilion club opened on kensington high street at the end of 2011 . the hunts plan to expand the concept . 7 8 reviews edit writing in the london evening standard restaurant critic david sexton noted that ... pavilion delivers luxurious complexity for the price . 9 references edit foxtons sale nets founder 370m . the guardian . may 21 2007 . the founder of london s largest estate agency foxtons today sold the business to a private equity firm in a deal believed to have netted him a windfall of around 370m . jon hunt who is thought to own 97 % of the business agreed a deal with bc partners reported to be worth up to 400m . the two companies did not provide any financial details . blackhurst chris 15 september 2010 . what foxton s founder jon hunt did next . evening standard . retrieved 26 july 2012 . he has been lying low ever since adding to his already considerable fortune packard simon 31 may 2012 . foxtons sale fuels hunt s move into london luxury workspace . bloomberg . it was a total accident he said when asked how his dryland venture started . monaghan angela . jon hunt targets luxury offices for spolit businessmen . the daily telegraph . retrieved 3 december 2012 . foxton founder jon hunt s latest venture has added a luxury sparkle to the traditional serviced offices model freedman lisa september 26 2012 . best addressed . financial times how to spend it . pearson . retrieved 10 october 2012 . hunt s noticed that however generous your living quarters working at home is not everyone s cup of tea . gerrard neil . adam simmonds to oversee launch of foxtons founder s new restaurant . caterer and hotel keeper . retrieved 20 may 2014 . davidson andrew 29 january 2012 . notting hill estate agent returns to his old manor . the sunday times . news international . retrieved 10 october 2012 . packard simon 31 may 2012 . foxtons sale fuels hunt s move into london luxury workspace . bloomberg . retrieved 26 july 2012 . dryland seeks to combine prime office and business lounge facilities with a luxury hotel style service ... the first club has a cafe library and terrace as well as a conference center and meeting rooms . sexton david . pavilion restaurant review . evening standard . retrieved 8 july 2014 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to regus . official site packard simon . foxtons sale fuels hunt s move into london luxury workspace businessweek may 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pavilion london members club & oldid 712005733 categories property services companies of the united kingdomhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print 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