Mountainside Fitness, a locally owned chain, is set to open its biggest Arizona fitness center to date. The Scottsdale-based health club recently signed a 50,320-square-foot lease at the former Albertson’s grocery store at Scottsdale Towne Center – built by Vestar and located on the southeast corner of Pima Freeway and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. This marks their third partner location in the Valley with Queen Creek and Happy Valley being two others.
The 500,000 square foot retail center includes Target, TJ Maxx Ross Dress for Less Wells Fargo as well as several restaurants and smaller retailers. Mountainside Fitness plans to invest around $4 million into tenant improvement projects which will include full demolition of prior grocery store followed by full rebuild of fitness center that will employ 150 workers once complete.
The company opened its first location in 1991 with 19 locations now across Phoenix area; this new addition further cements their presence in Arizona’s capital city region .
