Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
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ClubCorp Appoints Andrew Lacko Chief Financial Officer
Posted: December 5, 2019 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - ClubCorp - The World Leader in Private Clubs has announced the appointment of Andrew Lacko as Chief Financial Officer. Lacko joins ClubCorp from Minneapolis-based Regis Corporation, a publicly traded leader in the haircare industry, whose primary business is franchising, owning and operating technology enabled hair salons where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since July 2017. Read More...
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and EXOS Partner on Facility
Posted: December 5, 2019 in Chains
PHOENIX, AZ - In partnership with EXOS, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has introduced a new 3,000-square-foot facility at the Children’s Sports Medicine at Webb Bridge location in Alpharetta, Georgia. The fitness center provides specialized training for youth and high school athletes, adults and teams to help them reach their highest potential, whether it’s to make a team, increase overall fitness, or take their game to the next level. Read More...
Life Time Edina at Southdale Debuts as Game-Changing Anchor at America’s First Enclosed Shopping Center
Posted: December 3, 2019 in Chains
EDINA, MN - Just in time for the holidays, a new anchor, Life Time, the nation's premier healthy lifestyle brand, is opening at what was the country's first enclosed shopping center in Edina, Minnesota back in 1963. Life Time Edina at Southdale covers more ground than the former department store space it replaced by nearly 100,000 square feet. The athletic resort is a three-story, 147,000 square-foot building that includes the company's first built rooftop beach club, indoor basketball courts, swimming pools, dedicated LT Recovery with physical therapy and chiropractic care, a full-service LifeCafe and LifeSpa and more. Next door is another 3-story, 57,000 square-foot building housing Life Time Work luxury coworking space and Life Time Sport indoor soccer fields. In total, the 204,000-square-foot Life Time complex will bring 3,000 to 4,000 people to Southdale Center every day. Read More...
Gold’s Gym Names Restorative Fitness 2020’s Top Fitness Trend
Posted: December 2, 2019 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - Gold's Gym, a trusted fitness authority since 1965, has identified restorative fitness as the top fitness trend for 2020 that will shape how America works out in the next year. Restorative fitness will bring a welcome balance to gymgoers who dove headfirst into 2019's HIIT (high-intensity interval training) trend and are currently experiencing burnout and overtraining injuries. Restorative fitness centers on the idea that the body goes through a cycle of stress and recovery, and high-intensity workouts aren't effective when the body is stressed, as from an intense workout. Read More...
Seville Golf & Country Club Transforms to Lifestyle Sport Resort
Posted: November 27, 2019 in Chains
GILBERT, AZ - Seville Golf & Country Club, a member of the ClubCorp family, announces the completion of an extensive multi-million-dollar reinvention project transforming the club to a lifestyle sport resort with new and upgraded Sports Club, Sports Zone and Hydra Waterpark, plus stylish new dining, social and entertainment features, all designed to enhance the club experience for every member of the family. Read More...
Genesis Health Clubs Announces Milestone 50th Club with the Acquisition of Four Aspen Athletic Club Locations in Des Moines, Iowa, with More to Come
Posted: November 26, 2019 in Chains
DES MOINES, IA - Genesis Health Clubs Owner/President Rodney Steven II has announced that Genesis Health Clubs has acquired four Des Moines Aspen Athletic Clubs locations and plans to start a major remodeling project on the clubs. The acquisition of the Merle Hay, Hickman Road, SE 14th and West Glen locations brings the total count of Genesis Health Clubs locations to a milestone 50 locations. Read More...
Life Time Continues New Jersey Growth with Announcement of First Life Time Work at Somerset Corporate Center in 2020
Posted: November 25, 2019 in Chains
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Following the successful opening of Life Time Bridgewater in July 2019, the premiere healthy lifestyle brand has just announced plans and a waitlist to debut Life Time Work, its high-end shared workspace, in Spring 2020. The opening will be its first in New Jersey and fourth across the country, with multiple locations planned. Read More...
EōS Fitness Bolsters Presence in Utah, Steady Expansion Continues Through 2020; Donates $100,000 to Benefit Children’s Cancer Research Fund
Posted: November 25, 2019 in Chains
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - EōS Fitness, a leader in the fitness industry with 75+ High Value Low Price (HVLP) locations open or on the way in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada and Utah, announced it is expanding its presence in Utah with four new locations opening in 2020 for a total of nine gym locations throughout the state. EōS Fitness also announced its charitable donation in the amount of $100,000 to Children's Cancer Research Fund, a nonprofit organization providing support to children suffering from cancer-related illnesses. Read More...
Elite Sports Clubs Acquired by Peter Goldman of Lakeshore Sport & Fitness
Posted: November 22, 2019 in Chains
BROOKFIELD, WI - It has been announced that Elite Sports Clubs, with five locations in the greater Milwaukee area, is changing ownership. Elite Sports Clubs has been acquired by a group led by Peter Goldman, which currently owns Lakeshore Sport & Fitness, with two locations in Chicago, IL. Elite Sports Clubs was previously owned for over 30 years by Kay Yuspeh, who transformed the clubs and industry during her career. Read More...
Planet Fitness Prices $550 Million Securitized Financing
Posted: November 20, 2019 in Chains
HAMPTON, N.H. - Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: PLNT) (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company") announced that it has priced $550 million of Series 2019-1 Class A-2 Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes (the "Class A-2 Notes"), with an anticipated repayment term of ten years and a fixed interest rate of 3.858% per annum, payable quarterly. The Class A-2 Notes are expected to be issued by Planet Fitness Master Issuer LLC (the "Master Issuer"), a limited-purpose, bankruptcy remote, indirect subsidiary of Planet Fitness, Inc. in a privately placed securitization transaction. Read More...
