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Inman Park later this year will be home to Orangetheory Fitness.
Franchisee Honors Holdings, LLC, which operates 27 outposts of the boutique fitness studio in the metro Atlanta-area, is in permitting to build out the new Orangetheory in the Inman Quarter development, at 299 Highland Ave Ste H1 and H2.
An estimated $350,000 will be spent constructing the 2,629-square-foot space which is a combination of two adjacent suites.
Orangetheory Inman Park is slated to open in late-summer 2020, a rep for Honors in an email this week told What Now Atlanta.
The company’s existing gyms are temporarily closed but will reopen starting May 11, 2020.
Gyms are allowed to reopen as of Friday per an Exectuive Order out of the governor’s office earlier this week.
“The state of Georgia has allowed gyms and fitness facilities to reopen this Friday, April 24,” Jamie Weeks, CEO of Honors Holdings, wrote in a prepared statement that was posted to the company’s Facebook page Wednesday.
“However, Honors will not be opening our Orangetheory Fitness Studios at this time. We have made the decision in the interest of member safety and appropriate planning to begin our Georgia studio re-openings on Monday, May 11, and conclude all Georgia studios on May 18 subject to government restrictions.”
LA Fitness earlier this week announced it would reopen Georgia gyms on May 1 but after “many emails and phone calls from members” made a complete reversal, and now does not have a reopening date for those locations.
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10 Responses
Pandemic still going strong, what could possibly go wrong?
As a member of LA Fitness who’s dying to get back into the gym, I’m not willing to literally die to go back to the gym. No way I’m stepping foot in the gym until GA is at least on the other side of this thing.
I know that’s right!
Could not agree more, Jay. Is it possible to stop LA Fitness on this? I’ve tried emailing their corporate office, but nothing. This can’t be good.
I started the process of cancelling my membership (they make it super difficult) when I heard the announcement. It isn’t just about my going to the gym. I am dying to go as much as the rest of you. It is about keeping their staff safe and the health of the community in general. The hospitals are struggling to keep their heads above water and opening the gym will almost definitely increase the number of cases. Shame on them.
What ‘stop LA Fitness’? It’s like porn – don’t like it, don’t watch it. Don’t want take the risk, stay home – more room for the rest of us. Enough of the jackassery.
Gotta get those May autodraft membership payments…
So excited to go to the gym-work out in the midst of everyone’s exhaled covid19 breath spray, and the go out to eat, before getting inked. You?
Lol! Steven, you’re a hoot.
It is very easy to cancel a membership for that person who said it is not. Download the cancellation form and send it in. Don’t forget you have one month left because you paid for that when you signed up. I don’t know how that will work since the clubs are closed now.
Looks like we found the Karens based on these comments.