diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/spaces/transfer.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/spaces/transfer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d06f294cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/spaces/transfer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import color from '@heroku-cli/color'
+import {Command, flags} from '@heroku-cli/command'
+import {ux} from '@oclif/core'
+import heredoc from 'tsheredoc'
+
+export default class Transfer extends Command {
+  static topic = 'spaces'
+  static description = 'transfer a space to another team'
+  static examples = [heredoc(`
+  $ heroku spaces:transfer --space=space-name --team=team-name
+  Transferring space-name to team-name... done
+  `)]
+
+  static flags = {
+    space: flags.string({required: true, description: 'name of space'}),
+    team: flags.string({required: true, description: 'desired owner of space'}),
+  }
+
+  public async run(): Promise<void> {
+    const {flags} = await this.parse(Transfer)
+    const space = flags.space
+    const team = flags.team
+
+    try {
+      ux.action.start(`Transferring space ${color.yellow(space)} to team ${color.green(team)}`)
+      await this.heroku.post(`/spaces/${space}/transfer`, {body: {new_owner: team}})
+    } catch (error) {
+      const {body: {message}} = error as {body: {message: string}}
+      ux.error(message)
+    } finally {
+      ux.action.stop()
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/spaces/transfer.unit.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/spaces/transfer.unit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7232c95230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/test/unit/commands/spaces/transfer.unit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import {expect} from '@oclif/test'
+import * as nock from 'nock'
+import {stderr} from 'stdout-stderr'
+import Cmd from '../../../../src/commands/spaces/transfer'
+import runCommand from '../../../helpers/runCommand'
+
+describe('spaces:transfer', function () {
+  it('yields success when the API succeeds', async function () {
+    const space = 'dimension-c137'
+    const team = 'jerry'
+    const api = nock('https://api.heroku.com:443')
+      .post(`/spaces/${space}/transfer`, {
+        new_owner: team,
+      })
+      .reply(201, {
+        created_at: '2019-01-09T22:31:33Z',
+        id: '5dd30c44-078f-4424-8585-cb98adf86723',
+        name: space,
+        organization: {id: '12cd6520-b000-4882-a655-8ae84a0132cb', name: team},
+        team: {id: '12cd6520-b000-4882-a655-8ae84a0132cb', name: team},
+        region: {id: '3544427c-5b3b-4e1e-b01a-b66362573b26', name: 'virginia'},
+        shield: false,
+        state: 'allocated',
+        cidr: '10.0.0.0/16',
+        data_cidr: '10.1.0.0/16',
+        updated_at: '2019-07-16T10:19:10Z',
+      })
+    await runCommand(Cmd, [
+      '--team',
+      team,
+      '--space',
+      space,
+    ])
+    expect(stderr.output).to.contain('done')
+    api.done()
+  })
+
+  it('yields the API error messages when the API fails', async function () {
+    const space = 'dimension-c137'
+    const team = 'jerry'
+    const message = 'rikki tikki tavi!'
+    const id = 'oops'
+    const api = nock('https://api.heroku.com:443')
+      .post(`/spaces/${space}/transfer`, {new_owner: team})
+      .reply(500, {id, message})
+
+    try {
+      await runCommand(Cmd, [
+        '--team',
+        team,
+        '--space',
+        space,
+      ])
+    } catch (error) {
+      const {message: errorMessage} = error as {message: string}
+      expect(errorMessage).to.eq(message)
+    }
+
+    api.done()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/spaces/commands/transfer.js b/packages/spaces/commands/transfer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 029c87febd..0000000000
--- a/packages/spaces/commands/transfer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const cli = require('heroku-cli-util')
-
-async function run(context, heroku) {
-  const space = context.flags.space
-  const team = context.flags.team
-  const request = heroku.request({
-    method: 'POST',
-    path: `/spaces/${space}/transfer`,
-    body: {new_owner: team},
-  })
-  try {
-    await cli.action(`Transferring space ${cli.color.yellow(space)} to team ${cli.color.green(team)}`, request)
-  } catch (error) {
-    cli.error(error.body.message)
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  topic: 'spaces',
-  command: 'transfer',
-  description: 'transfer a space to another team',
-  help: `Example:
-
-    $ heroku spaces:transfer --space=space-name --team=team-name
-    Transferring space-name to team-name... done
-`,
-  needsApp: false,
-  needsAuth: true,
-  flags: [
-    {name: 'space', hasValue: true, required: true, description: 'name of space'},
-    {name: 'team', hasValue: true, required: true, description: 'desired owner of space'},
-  ],
-  run: cli.command(run),
-}
diff --git a/packages/spaces/index.js b/packages/spaces/index.js
index 6c0d9353c1..44d7ebbb19 100644
--- a/packages/spaces/index.js
+++ b/packages/spaces/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ exports.commands = [
   require('./commands/vpn/wait'),
   require('./commands/vpn/destroy'),
   require('./commands/vpn/update'),
-  require('./commands/transfer'),
   require('./commands/drains/get'),
   require('./commands/trusted-ips'),
   require('./commands/trusted-ips/add'),
diff --git a/packages/spaces/test/unit/commands/transfer.unit.test.js b/packages/spaces/test/unit/commands/transfer.unit.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 983d229173..0000000000
--- a/packages/spaces/test/unit/commands/transfer.unit.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-/* globals beforeEach */
-
-const nock = require('nock')
-const cmd = require('../../../commands/transfer')
-const expect = require('chai').expect
-const cli = require('heroku-cli-util')
-
-describe('spaces:transfer', function () {
-  beforeEach(() => cli.mockConsole())
-
-  it('yields success when the API succeeds', function () {
-    const space = 'dimension-c137'
-    const team = 'jerry'
-    const api = nock('https://api.heroku.com:443')
-      .post(`/spaces/${space}/transfer`, {
-        new_owner: team,
-      })
-      .reply(201,
-        {
-          created_at: '2019-01-09T22:31:33Z',
-          id: '5dd30c44-078f-4424-8585-cb98adf86723',
-          name: space,
-          organization: {id: '12cd6520-b000-4882-a655-8ae84a0132cb', name: team},
-          team: {id: '12cd6520-b000-4882-a655-8ae84a0132cb', name: team},
-          region: {id: '3544427c-5b3b-4e1e-b01a-b66362573b26', name: 'virginia'},
-          shield: false,
-          state: 'allocated',
-          cidr: '10.0.0.0/16',
-          data_cidr: '10.1.0.0/16',
-          updated_at: '2019-07-16T10:19:10Z',
-        },
-      )
-    return cmd.run({flags: {team, space}})
-      .then(() => expect(cli.stderr).to.contain('done'))
-      .then(() => api.done())
-  })
-
-  it('yields the API error messages when the API fails', function () {
-    const space = 'dimension-c137'
-    const team = 'jerry'
-    const message = 'rikki tikki tavi!'
-    const id = 'oops'
-
-    const api = nock('https://api.heroku.com:443')
-      .post(`/spaces/${space}/transfer`, {new_owner: team})
-      .reply(500, {id, message})
-
-    return cmd.run({flags: {team, space}})
-      .then(() => expect(cli.stderr).to.contain(message))
-      .then(() => api.done())
-  })
-})