The One Playground empire is expanding at a phenomenal rate, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. After transitioning from ‘Fitness Playground’ back in March 2023, the boutique wellness company set about converting gyms across the city into genuine wellness meccas: not just fitness zones, but places dedicated to improving how Sydneysiders feel, inside and out. With their accessible membership model and super sexy studios, they’re sort of taking Sydney by storm – with locations in Surry Hills, Newtown and Marrickville, a lush wellness studio in Surry Hills and more gyms set to open in Merrylands and north of the bridge.
The latest site to join the ranks is arguably its most central, and spectacular, to date. Spread across 2,600 square metres and three glittering floors, the new flagship gym is found just off George Street in a bustling corner of Haymarket, just four minutes’ walk from Central Station.
Enter through the shiny monochrome foyer, and you’ll be greeted by a triple-height ceiling, marble floors and a sweeping gold staircase. The bafflingly luxe design took more than two years to complete, and transformed two levels of carpark (plus the first floor) into a high-spec gym complete with six studios (ranging from a sparkly bright reformer studio to a moody ‘pulse’ studio custom-built with super-powerful speakers and TV-screen walls) and a huge, mirror-lined gym floor fitted out with mainly custom-made equipment. Throw in the personal training zones, saunas and relaxation lounges (complete with T2 Tea on tap) and you’ve pretty much covered all of your wellness bases, with a soundtrack that makes you want to strip down to your sports bra and start pumping iron.
“The goal was never to build another gym – it was to create a fitness experience unlike anything else in the world. We pushed the boundaries with an ambitious design that blurs the line between fitness and fashion, while giving members everything they could ever wish for - in one place, with one membership,” CEO and Co-Founder Justin Ashley explains.
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