Local gyms near Madison Residency, including Face Off Fitness and Red Gym, illustrate how neighbourhood fitness provision relates to operator space requirements. For businesses assessing premises, location, training formats and facility scale are useful points of comparison. GulfALTS’ commercial destinations provide a wider context through Club 15 in Al Quoz and the planned Ox Fitness workplace amenity.

Key Takeaways

• Local options. The gyms near Madison Residency include Face Off Fitness at Al Shafar Tower 2 and Red Gym at Vista Tower in Barsha Heights.
• Club 15 facilities. Club 15 is operational within Dubai Creative Park in Al Quoz, with three basketball courts, seven padel courts and a 25 m semi-Olympic pool.
• Planned workplace amenity. Ox Fitness at Dubai Fintech District is set to open as a tenant amenity rather than a neighbourhood gym near Madison Residency.
• Red Gym hours. Red Gym opens daily from 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM and offers karate, boxing, MMA, Zumba and Spin Fit.
• Personal training location. Fitness Avenue offers personal training on the first floor of Warsan Tower 10 in Barsha Heights.

For gyms near Madison Residency, the three Barsha Heights entries below cover local operating options for personal training, varied classes and goal-based coaching. Their locations provide a neighbourhood context for businesses assessing fitness provision and operator space requirements.

The first two entries sit within GulfALTS destinations elsewhere in Dubai: Club 15 operates in Al Quoz, while Ox Fitness is planned as a business-park tenant amenity. These serve different commercial contexts from the three local venues and should remain separate from neighbourhood-proximity comparisons.

Top 5 Gyms near Madison Residency

1. Club 15 at Dubai Creative Park

Club 15 is an operational, independently owned and operated sports club within Dubai Creative Park, the 500,000 sq ft wellness and fitness destination under development in Al Quoz that GulfALTS develops and operates; GulfALTS does not own or operate the club. Its facilities include a two-floor gym and rooftop gym, three basketball courts, seven padel courts and a 25 m semi-Olympic pool. Its multi-sport offering also includes Reformer Pilates, studio training, a sauna, infrared sauna, ice bath, Jacuzzi and Normatec.

2. Ox Fitness at Dubai Fintech District

Ox Fitness at Dubai Fintech District is a premium fitness club set to open inside GulfALTS’ business park. Planned as a tenant amenity, Ox Fitness will offer a fitness option within the workplace setting, rather than a neighbourhood gym near Madison Residency.

3. Face Off Fitness, Barsha Heights

At Al Shafar Tower 2, TECOM, Barsha Heights, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Face Off Fitness operates near Madison Residency and offers varied classes and personalised coaching. Its goal-based training covers muscle gain, weight loss, strength and endurance. Free parking rounds out its offering.

4. Red Gym, Barsha Heights

Karate, boxing, MMA, Zumba and Spin Fit give Red Gym a distinct group-training focus, alongside personal training for specific goals. It operates near Madison Residency at Vista Tower, Al Thuraya Street, Barsha Heights, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and opens daily from 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Its coaching specialities include CrossFit, bodybuilding, fitness and nutrition, giving operators a local example of a combined class and personal-training offering.

5. Fitness Avenue, Barsha Heights branch

Fitness Avenue operates on the 1st Floor, Warsan Tower 10, Al Rabee’a 2, Barsha Heights, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Barsha Heights branch offers personal training as a one-to-one training option.

Choosing the Right Facility near Madison Residency

Compare gyms near Madison Residency and the wider options by matching location, training formats and scale to operator space requirements.

• Location first: Face Off Fitness and Red Gym are near Madison Residency in Barsha Heights. Face Off Fitness operates at Al Shafar Tower 2, TECOM, while Red Gym operates at Vista Tower on Al Thuraya Street. Fitness Avenue’s Barsha Heights branch operates on the first floor of Warsan Tower 10, Al Rabee’a 2. Keep these local options separate from Club 15 in Al Quoz and the planned Ox Fitness; neither belongs in a neighbourhood-proximity comparison.
• Personal coaching: Face Off Fitness offers personalised training alongside varied classes. Its goal-based coaching covers strength, endurance, muscle building and weight loss. Fitness Avenue offers personal training, making both relevant comparisons for operators evaluating a coaching-led format rather than a broad class programme.
• Group training: For operators comparing service formats, distinguish varied classes from specific training disciplines. Face Off Fitness offers varied classes, while Red Gym offers karate, boxing, Zumba, MMA and Spin Fit. Red Gym also offers personal training and coaches with specialities covering CrossFit, bodybuilding, fitness and nutrition; its mix combines martial arts and instructor-led sessions with individual coaching.
• Multi-sport scale: Club 15 offers a different proposition from the local gym options. The operational, independently owned and operated sports club sits within Dubai Creative Park, GulfALTS’ 500,000 sq ft wellness and fitness destination under development in Al Quoz, and has a two-floor gym, rooftop gym, three basketball courts, seven padel courts and a 25 m semi-Olympic pool. Reformer Pilates, studio training and recovery facilities, including sauna, infrared sauna, ice bath, Jacuzzi and Normatec, extend its offering beyond gym training.
• Current versus planned: For businesses assessing existing fitness provision, distinguish the operating clubs from Ox Fitness, which is planned rather than open today. Treat it as a future workplace amenity, not an immediate substitute for the existing gyms. The commercial comparison should distinguish nearby coaching and group-class formats from the broader sports programme in Al Quoz.

From GulfALTS’ developer-operator perspective, sports and wellness commercial space should support the needs of the businesses that lease it. Dubai Creative Park provides that portfolio context: GulfALTS develops and operates the wider destination, which is under development, while Club 15 is an operational, independently owned and operated sports club located within it.

Omar Farouk's Take

The underestimated constraint is whether a gym’s intended audience matches its location, not simply whether the premises can accommodate the equipment. I would assess access and repeat-use patterns before floor area: Ox Fitness’s planned tenant-amenity role at Dubai Fintech District demands a different commercial assessment from a neighbourhood gym serving Madison Residency.

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