Tigers roar into former pilates studio near MCG

Booming membership numbers aren’t the only thing expanding at Richmond Football Club.

The 2017 AFL Premiership winners’ sports science training program is moving on up, with the club taking out a new office space on the first floor of a Swan St building, near its Punt Rd headquarters.

Previously leased as a pilates studio, the 130sqm space at Level 1, 226 Swan St will house the Tigers’ department for the next three years, with a further three-year option.

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The club’s sports science training program also occupies another space further down Swan St, with the second open plan office to cost the club $35,000 annually.

The open plan space spans 130sqm.

The office sits above an Urban Man outlet, as well as potato purveyor Spud Bar.

Fitzroys agent Ervin Niyaz negotiated the deal and says Richmond continues to be an attractive option for office tenants.

“Office tenants continue to be drawn to the Richmond area, given Swan St expanding its offering of eateries, bars and nightlife venues, the large volume of residential and office development nearby, its convenient transport options and inner city location,and proximity to Melbourne’s sports and events precinct that includes the MCG, AAMI Park and Rod Laver Arena,” Niyaz says.

The rear of the building at 226 Swan St in Richmond.