Luxury health club Third Space and Imbiba-backed bar group Albion & East are the first to move into the redeveloped department store in Battersea.
W.RE, the London-based real estate developer and asset management firm, has let over 33,000sq ft of its refurbishment project in Clapham Junction. Third Space, the luxury health club and gym, will take 28,000sq ft across three floors, while 5,500sq ft on the ground floor will be taken by Albion&East, the Imbiba-backed London bar group.
The renovated Arding & Hobbs building will feature five studios for Third Space’s award-winning classes, including Reformer Pilates, Hot Yoga, a signature high-intensity studio with immersive light and sound and a cycle studio with recording studio-level acoustics. The club will also have a track and rig area, offering functional training complete with assault bikes and ski ergs, alongside a range of strength and cardio equipment. The new club will also benefit from a wet spa with sunken massage jet hydropool, cold plunge pool, steam room and Himalayan sea salt walled sauna.
Albion & East meanwhile will feature its own “Urban Distillery & Tasting Room”, distilling the first vodka for the bar group. The design works with the existing fabric of the building, exposing large metal warehouse doors, unearthing the original mosaic floor and showcasing plaster cornices and years of layered paintwork.
