Operator Edinburgh Leisure has released detailed designs of the £2.5m redevelopment of its Craiglockhart Tennis & Sports Centre in Scotland.

The upgrade is part of the City’s Sport and Physical Recreation Strategy, which is intended to make Edinburgh the most physically active city in Europe by 2020. When complete, the centre will be extended by one storey and will feature squash courts, a new reception area, a fitness studio and a gym fitted with 42-stations of CV and 27 pieces of resistance equipment, supplied by Life Fitness.

There will also be a new studio for yoga, pilates and Bodybalance classes, as well as improved changing room amenities. These will be in addition to existing indoor and outdoor tennis courts, an rpm spinning studio, two sports halls, kayaking pond and meeting rooms. The designs for the development were drawn up in consultation with Hardies consultants, Comprehensive Design Architects, structural engineers Will Rudd Davidson and Keanans Mechanical and Engineering.

Reywood Construction is carrying out the building work, which began in July 2008 and is expected to take 12 months.