One United Properties S.A., one of the leading green developers of residential, mixed-use, and office real estate in Romania, listed on the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (symbol ONE), announces that World Class will inaugurate a new location in a space of 2,352 square meters within One Cotroceni Park development in Bucharest. The transaction was intermediated by the real estate consulting company Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
The new club - World Class One Cotroceni – is strategically located in one of the most sought-after residential areas and the most dynamic business hub that is currently developing in Bucharest. The new location at One Cotroceni Park is consistent with the main strategic objective of the largest health & fitness network in Romania: to make World Class the third most important destination, after home and work.
"We are excited to expand the World Class premium health & fitness network to this new strategic location and become an important part of the healthy and active lifestyle of all who live and work here. We are taking significant steps, with each new club opening, towards our core mission: to inspire and motivate more Romanians to be more active more often to live a healthy lifestyle. World Class One Cotroceni will be the 43rd club in the network and we welcome its members with state-of-the-art exercise experience and a highly skilled team of internationally-certified personal trainers and instructors ready to provide a unique holistic training and wellness experience”, said Kent Orrgren, CEO World Class Romania.
“One Cotroceni Park combines the residential, office, and commercial functions in the urban landscape in an extremely efficient way, with multiple benefits both for the area where it is located and for the future residents and tenants. We are pleased that the multiple benefits of this development include the new World Class location, which will contribute to the active, healthy and dynamic lifestyle of the community now forming around this real estate hub”, added Mihai Păduroiu, CEO Office Division One United Properties.
“We are pleased to announce the upcoming opening of a new World Class location within the One Cotroceni Park project. We believe that both the tenants of the office buildings and the inhabitants of the entire area surrounding the project will combine doing exercise with the current lifestyle we live in and will enjoy all the facilities of the project”, stated Bogdan Marcu, Partner Retail Agency Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
The new World Class One Cotroceni Club will provide premium health, fitness & wellness facilities. All members will have full access to the semi-olympic swimming pool of the new club, where they will be able to unwind, recharge and also perfect their swimming style with the help of specialized World Class instructors. The club will have two group training studios for various fitness classes, original training programs designed by World Class experts and Les Mills. A new unique training experience will be introduced and provided by the revolutionary Virtual Immersive Cycling studio powered by Techno Gym. Members will enjoy state-of-the-art gym areas and dedicated Functional areas for Personal Training, with innovative training equipment provided by Technogym and powerlifting stations produced by Eleiko.
World Class adds to the commercial and gastronomic offer of the multifunctional development One Cotroceni Park, which will concentrate under a single innovative real estate concept a wide variety of facilities and benefits, within a strategic location: green areas, outdoor running lanes, swimming pool, restaurants, cafes, bars, various shops and supermarkets, pharmacy, dry cleaning / laundry services, bank, dynamic and certified offices, residential units, educational facilities.
One Cotroceni Park is the largest urban regeneration project in Bucharest, with mixed functionalities, consisting of a residential area with over 850 apartments, as well as a commercial area and a business park with two office buildings to be delivered in two phases. The developer One United Properties has already announced the handover of One Cotroceni Park Phase I, an office and commercial building, with a gross leasable area (GLA) of 46,000 sqm. At this time, 75% of the office and commercial space has been rented. Phase II with a gross leasable area of 35,000 sqm, also under development, will be delivered in 2022.
Located in Cotroceni, one of the most famous and wanted areas in the Capital, One Cotroceni Park development benefits from LEED Platinum v4 pre-certification, which attests sustainable operation and minimal impact on the environment and is in the process of obtaining WELL Health and Safety certification, which assesses health and wellbeing at work.
