Work to replace a fitness centre in Manor Park could soon begin after council leaders agreed to release the funds needed to fit it out.
Newham Council’s cabinet committee approved the release of £2.1 million to pay for the gym at the Greenhill Centre development in High Street North.
Plans say the gym will “create new opportunities for residents in the north east of the borough to access a state-of-the-art gym and studio”.
The Manor Park fitness centre closed in 2021 to make way for the new Greenhill housing development.
The council now says Manor Park is “currently underserved by high quality leisure/gym facilities”.
However, the new development will include space for a replacement gym operating over two floors.
The council says this will include 100 workout machines as well as studio space. But it will also run on a “minimal staffing model” which it says reflects “the requirements of the site”.
The council hopes the gym will “particularly appeal to those who prefer exercising in a more intimate and less crowded environment”.
It also says the new gym will generate revenue, reducing its management fees and £2.6m in income from 2030 onwards.
Labour councillors on the cabinet voted earlier this week to release the funding to Greenwich Leisure Ltd, which runs the council’s leisure centres, to fit out the gym from October.
