Conceiving of – and executing on – a world-class fitness center in your high school or college recreational gym space not only ensures the healthy activity of its student body, but the school needs a first-rate fitness facility to help recruit new students while also utilizing it for academic classes and athletic purposes.

Today’s school fitness centers are typically enormous layouts with state-of-the-art equipment for young athletes, including indoor tracks, Pilates studios, sand volleyball courts and golf simulators. Ah, to be a kid again!

The Process of Conception and Design Layout

With your ideas as inspiration, our designers draw on their expertise to create an effective layout within the physical parameters of your student gym space, and surrounding leisure areas. As your design partner, we provide guidance at every stage of the process to help you develop a user-friendly floor plan that utilizes your space efficiently, flows naturally and incorporates the custom equipment you’ve always dreamed of.
We design and equip these facilities with only the top of the line fitness equipment brands and facilitate a collaborative design process every step of the way. Whether you want to walk through your mock up or get equipment recommendations, our team is always available to talk.

Carlmont High School Gym

 

Creating 3-Dimensional Gym Layouts

Using your input from 2D mock ups, our designers use industry-leading software to create a 3D rendering of your high-class fitness space. This final looks as realistic as possible (we customize texture,colors etc.) so you can truly envision how your high school or college gym will look and feel.   

Opti-Fit knows that campus fitness centers, group fitness classes and exercise studios must be attractive, dynamic experiences to remain competitive in today’s higher education marketplace. Reach out today and we’ll help you start.

 

High school and college fitness centers today are just as important to the student body as a campus library or the science buildings. Let us help identify and customize the most ideal design features for your next custom educational fitness center.

By far, the most upgraded community-wide amenity since 2014 has been the multi-family fitness center. Recent research finds that 46 percent of tenants are willing to pay a premium for complexes that have group fitness classes – in addition to on-site gyms.  Top-notch, customized exercise equipment can vastly improve tenant interactions and a sense of community in your multi-family apartment or condo complex. Having a friendly, uncluttered neighborhood fitness center is also priceless for municipal relations. 
As you’ve probably recognized, the modern family fitness center has changed dramatically over the last 25 years – and an ancient, drab ill-equipped multi-family exercise space is a serious obstacle to any apartment complex’s appeal. Tenants can head next door.

matrix and hoist fitness in fitness center

 

 

Signs of a Healthy Residential Fitness Center

You choose the best equipment

For branding and safety, the need for high-quality commercial exercise equipment is mandatory. By using easily recognized, top-of-the-line equipment, multi-family groups differentiate themselves from competing apartment units.

You know your budget but aim high.

Installation costs for a multi-family fitness centers vary greatly, depending on the type and amount of fitness equipment you need, square footage, budget goals and multiple design factors. 

You say it on social media

Follow or re-Tweet your favorite fitness instructors or trainers, enter contests at the gym and “Comment” on social channels to offer encouragement. For example, Opti-Fit partners with the equipment company Matrix Fitness, which has a fun social media platform that allows members to motivate and congratulate each other on meeting exercise milestones.  Opti-Fit design teams can help conceptualize your fitness space or dream wellness center with 2D and 3D imaging technology.  Click here for a free demonstration. 

Seems like having a fitness center at your fingertips is very good for the real estate business. In a recent home report in The New York Times, housing trends show that multi-family residents across multiple generations are willing to trade-in unit square footage for added space in common areas, on-site workout facilities, and for pools.

Customized multi-family fitness centers must reflect the style and philosophy of the day in order to  attract today’s modern family members, and this may include spaces for socializing, lots of natural light or solar panels, and instant Wi-Fi connectivity.

Every fitness and wellness space is slightly different, of course, and so we always take into consideration different configurations – and work closely with our clients to deliver the optimal fitness experience. We design your space while partnering with your architects, interior designer and contractors to fully optimize your fitness amenities and breath-taking design elements.

Multi-family Fitness Center with bikes and strength equipment
Multi-family Fitness Center

 

Multi-Family Fitness Centers Require Light and Space

At Opti-Fit, our specialized software process may provide realistic renderings of your facility while bringing a strong sense of detail and accuracy to a multi-family wellness space.

As your potential tenants tour places to live, knowing their family will take advantage of the fitness center, here are several things to be on the lookout for when designing a new multi-family fitness center:

Whether renting or buying, today’s savvy multi-family residents are looking for amenities that go beyond the front lobby, shared common area and outside spaces. They want a fantastic fitness center and excellent equipment maintenance, too.

TRX straps outside withe matrix bikes
Matrix Cycling Bikes

Equip your modern multi-family fitness center with new fitness equipment, and pay nothing until 2018. Contact Opti-Fit at sales@opti-fit.com or call 888-601-4350