A fried buttermilk chicken shop, gym network and ramen restaurant mark the first businesses to join the new Filmworks development.

The businesses include 1Rebel, which will bring its 'rig' experience to Ealing, Butchies fried buttermilk chicken shop, and Kanada-Ya, an award-winning Japanese ramen restaurant.

The businesses will be situated within both the Filmworks piazza and on Bond Street forming part of the new leisure quarter being delivered by St George developers.

The quarter will include a variety of other eateries, bars and shops, as well as the new eight-screen cinema, which will be the largest Picturehouse cinema outside the West End, with over 1,000 seats.

 1Rebel will be opening a new 'boutique' called Rig in Ealing as part of the fitness brand's expansion into residential locations outside of the city and follows the business' latest launch in Hammersmith.

The business offers a pay-as-you-go structure and currently has eight live, large boutiques in areas including St. Mary's Axe, Broadgate, Victoria and Holborn.

1Rebel's 3,500 sq ft gym in Ealing will offer fitness fanatics a brand-new workout, consisting of four heart rate rising stations, which includes work with assault bikes and rowers, the infamous Rebel bench and weights.

Giles Dean, co-founder of 1Rebel, comments: "Our studio will have a great playlist, fantastic lighting and will leave customers bursting with endorphins.

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"It will be the perfect place for residents to meet and work out together with their neighbours." 

Butchies will be bringing its chicken shop favourites such as The Original, Fried Buttermilk Chicken Tenders and plant-based options, to the borough, adding Ealing to its list of London locations, which include Camden, Clapham, Shoreditch and Victoria. 

This will be Butchies' largest restaurant to date and its first outside of central London which will include 15 internal covers and outdoor seating for 30 customers.

It will also operate a takeaway and delivery service. 

Garrett FitzGerald, Owner of Butchies, said: "Ealing has always been on our radar – our operations manager was born and raised in the borough so he has played a key role in finding the best space for us to open our first restaurant outside of central London.

"We love Filmworks and the positioning it offers us being located both within the piazza and on Bond Street, and with the cinema due to open next year we see this area becoming a real hub for Ealing.

Butchies and 1Rebel will be joined by Kanada-Ya, which specialises in authentic Tonkotsu ramen and marks the restaurant's first site within a purpose-built development.

The new 209-homeFilmWorks development being delivered by St George has already received its first residents, with 18 homes remaining available.

Prices start from £589,950.

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