Health and Fitness Club Industry News: Chains
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Life Time Closes on $45 Million Sale-Leaseback Transaction
Posted: April 21, 2023 in Chains
CHANHASSEN, MN - Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. ("Life Time" or the "Company") (NYSE: LTH) announces that the company closed on a sale-leaseback transaction for approximately $45 million in gross proceeds on April 20, 2023. The transaction involved one property and was with an institutional real estate investor that has completed multiple sale-leaseback transactions with Life Time. Read More...
Crunch Fitness Announces its Newest Location in Danvers, Massachusetts
Posted: April 20, 2023 in Chains
DANVERS, MA - Crunch Fitness announces the upcoming June 2023 opening of Crunch Danvers, a $5 million, 32,000-square-foot fitness facility, with $1 million dollars’ worth of state-of-the-art equipment. Crunch Danvers is located in a newly renovated space previously occupied by Staples. Read More...
Planet Fitness Rockville Hosts Grand Opening
Posted: April 20, 2023 in Chains
TIMONIUM, MD - Planet Fitness, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, celebrated the grand opening of its Rockville, Maryland club on Thursday, April 12. Planet Fitness Rockville recently relocated from a 15,360-square-foot space to this new 30,000-square-foot space. Read More...
New Management at RSG Group USA
Posted: April 19, 2023 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - Danny Waggoner and Brian Warne will succeed former CEO Sebastian Schoepe as co-CEOs of RSG Group USA Inc (Gold’s Gym), effective April 17, 2023. Danny Waggoner has been involved with the company gyms for 22 years, and Brian Warne has been part of the company’s management since 2018 and CFO since 2021. Read More...
Self Esteem Brands Expands in Europe, Welcomes Mitterlehner Fitness as Newest Anytime Fitness Master Franchisee
Posted: April 19, 2023 in Chains
WOODBURY, MN - Self Esteem Brands (SEB), the parent company of a global portfolio of fitness, health and wellness franchise brands, has announced that Manfred Mitterlehner, the fitness and personal training operator of Austria-based Mitterlehner Fitness, has joined Anytime Fitness as its latest master franchisee. Read More...
Crunch Franchisee, Fitness Ventures LLC, to Open State-of-the-Art Gym in Evansville, Indiana
Posted: April 18, 2023 in Chains
EVANSVILLE, IN - Crunch Franchisee, Fitness Ventures LLC, has announced the Presale & Grand Opening of Crunch Evansville, a state-of-the-art fitness facility owned by seasoned fitness veteran, Brian Hibbard. The new gym boasts 35,000 square feet of renovated space and $1 million worth of top-of-the-line fitness equipment. The facility is set to open on April 28 and will be the first Crunch gym in Indiana, with another one under construction that is slated to open this summer. Read More...
Blendid Expands into Athletic Clubs with The Bay Club
Posted: April 18, 2023 in Chains, Suppliers
SUNNYVALE, CA - Blendid, a robotic food service solutions leader, announces an expansion into the athletic club industry. The Bay Club Company, which operates 22 active lifestyle clubs along the West Coast, will open Blendid kiosks at two of its California locations this spring. Read More...
Retro Fitness Continues to Expand Project LIFT Initiative with Grand Opening Events in Dallas, Texas
Posted: April 13, 2023 in Chains
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Retro Fitness, one of the fastest growing health club franchises, announces the continued expansion of their Project LIFT initiative with the grand opening of three health clubs in Dallas, Texas this week. The initiative aims to open 500 health clubs in 50 Black and Brown communities across the country over the next five years, providing access to affordable exercise, health and fitness options. Read More...
Fitness Connection Announces the Grand Opening of its 2nd San Antonio, Texas Location
Posted: April 12, 2023 in Chains
SAN ANTONIO, TX - Fitness Connection has opened its second gym in San Antonio, Texas. The new club offers the same high-quality facilities and services that members have come to expect from the chain. Read More...
Columbia Association Receives Federal Recognition for Energy Efficiency Projects
Posted: April 12, 2023 in Chains
COLUMBIA, MD - Columbia Association (CA) is receiving national recognition with a 2023 Better Project Award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Initiative. The award was announced at the Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit in Washington, D.C., where CA Director of Sustainability Jeremy Scharfenberg spoke about the organization’s sustainability efforts. Read More...
