OK - let's put the traffic thing to bed. If you leave for work between 6.45 - 7.30 you'll be stuck in traffic. If you leave before then? You'll be fine.

If you return to work anytime after 5pm you'll be fine.

If you try to leave the pearl mid week between 4.30 -6pm it is busy, very busy. Keep this in mind.

As for a gym? It's had one 'opening soon' for about 2 months. It's going to be mobbed when it does open as people are desperate to use it there now.