{"id":282948,"date":"2026-09-10T12:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/282948\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:10:07","slug":"cityfitness-gym-leases-space-in-former-reading-cinemas-complex-in-courtney-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/282948\/","title":{"rendered":"CityFitness gym leases space in former Reading Cinemas complex in Courtney Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a new partnership, the Courtney Place cinema complex will be a base for gym CityFitness, alongside the cinemas, retail stores, and hospitality outlets.<\/p>\n

Developers Primeproperty group say CityFitness will be on the ground floor of the building to be renamed as “The Court”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The group also said it had been awarded consents to begin work on the exterior of the building, which is regarded as an eyesore in the capital.<\/p>\n

Development manager Guy Aharoni said securing resource consents marked a significant milestone for the project.<\/p>\n

“Receiving resource consent approval is an important step that allows us to move confidently into the next phase of the development.<\/p>\n

“We’re excited to continue transforming this landmark site into a destination that Wellingtonians can once again be proud of.”<\/p>\n

Australasian architecture and design firm Buchan created the exterior design.<\/p>\n

With the building sitting between Courtney Place and Wakefield Street, an entrance from both sides will be built to strengthen pedestrian flow through the site.<\/p>\n

“The Court is about much more than restoring a building. It’s about reconnecting this part of the city, creating a vibrant place for people to gather, and delivering a development that contributes to the ongoing revitalisation of Courtenay Place.”<\/p>\n

Major earthquake strengthening was well underway under the current building consent.<\/p>\n

Reading Cinemas will return as operator, offering full recliner seating, in-seat food and beverage service, large auditoriums with advanced projection, oversized screens and immersive sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a new partnership, the Courtney Place cinema complex will be a base for gym CityFitness, alongside the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-282948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}