Sport Otago recently moved into the Dunedin City Council-owned facility after the completion of the first part of a $3 million refurbishment, which the council approved in May.
Otago Polytechnic's Institute of Sport and Adventure, which will become the biggest tenant of the facility, is expected to move in after the second stage of reconstruction is completed in December.
Mr Brimble said the relocation from a High St address had run "smoothly" and for the organisation's 24 staff. He said the staff of its tenant sporting organisations were also happy with the move.
"There's widespread overwhelming satisfaction with the [new facility]," he said.
The new facility costs Sport Otago less in rent and its location in the "heart of the sporting precinct" was also a large benefit.
"It's going to be quitea unique sports house and sport education facility, probably unique in the southern hemisphere," Mr Brimble said.
Being so close to so many sporting facilities gave staff a "far greater scope" to run activities and events than they previously had.
Council city property manager Robert Clark said he was "very pleased" with progress on the facility and that work on the building was running on time and on budget.
The finished facility would "reinforce the whole area as a sporting hub" and would also be a good revenue earner for the council.
"It was sitting there in a really dilapidated state and from our point of view ... it is a good return on the investment we have there."
