The new life of the occupied building: a luxury gym is opened

A luxurious club, and in a sense exclusive. Arranged on three floors (with a total area of ​​3,000 square meters) entirely dedicated to fitness, with different training areas, where the user can choose between a gym floor, an active studio, yoga and pilates, a 25-meter pool and a swimming pool. Wellness area.

The new life of the building in Piazza Indipendenza, after the financial offices, is witnessed by the new Virgin Active gym at the entrance in Via Curtatone, inaugurated last October 31. And if little is known about him Hundreds of people have been evacuated with general force in August 2017, many bearers of humanitarian protection, what is certain is that we now wanted to look forward. And as often happens in this city, many may not remember it.

Alessandro Garibaldi, Director of Communications at Virgin Active, says: “We know the previous history of the building, but it didn’t influence us in choosing whether or not to set up the gym here. When we became interested via Curtatone, the owner had already done restoration work and we immediately understood that “The spaces meet our needs. For example, the swimming pool was created where there used to be a ballroom. And it is precisely the presence of this reservoir, large and in which many activities take place, that attracts many customers. Precisely because there is no one in the area.”

Virgo had to take care of gradually, of course. The work has been slowed down by the consequences of the epidemiological closure, otherwise, they assure, it would have opened even earlier: “We like to think that next to a crowded area like the one at Termini station there could be a training and wellness center like ours – continues Garibaldi – not only For residents and workers in the region, but also for travelers passing through the capital.

“Without forgetting – concludes Garibaldi – that 50 people work here, Virgin Active employees, from reception to sales management, technical staff, personal trainers and fitness course instructors”.