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Life Time opens 180,000-square-foot club in Lakewood Ranch. Life Time opened its first Lakewood Ranch location Monday, Oct. 12, bringing more than 180,000 square feet of fitness, recreation and social space to 5000 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. N. in Sarasota. The development includes an 86,000-square-foot athletic club, a nearly 50,000-square-foot beach club and a similarly sized pickleball complex. The beach club features waterslides, a five-lane lap pool, cabanas and poolside dining, while the pickleball complex has 14 courts - three indoors and 11 outdoors. The main club offers fitness equipment, yoga and Pilates studios, recovery facilities, a spa and salon, dining, coworking space and child care for children ages 3 months to 11 years. The opening marks Life Time's second location on Florida's Gulf Coast, joining its Harbour Island club in Tampa, and its 10th statewide, according to the company. "This is truly a wellness and social destination, blending the energy of an athletic country club with the ease and escape of a resort," said Parham Javaheri, Executive Vice President, President of Real Estate and Chief Property Development Officer at Life Time. "It's a place where members can train, recover, relax, play and connect with family and friends while living healthy, happy lives." Life Time operates more than 195 athletic clubs across the United States and Canada. Read the latest coverage of business, commercial real estate, development, technology, finance and leadership from across the Tampa Bay region.

Equinox to open high-performance club in NYC. Published: October 9, 2026 1/3 free articles used this month. Equinox Terminal Warehouse marks the luxury operator's biggest-ever embrace of the "high-performance" fitness trend popularized by Hyrox and others Equinox is making an appeal to its New York City members looking for more. On Nov. 10, the luxury operator will open Equinox Terminal Warehouse, a restored 1891 West Chelsea landmark that it's turning into a high-end fitness and wellness space. The new location will feature contrast therapy with a sauna, steam room and cold showers, reformer Pilates classes in its own studio, a member lounge and coworking space. Members will also be able to take advantage of a 7,000-foot strength training floor and team-based circuits with functional strength and HIIT cardio. Photos of the new club show equipment like Olympic lifting platforms, Concept2 SkiErgs and rowing machines. The reformer Pilates classes mark a notable expansion for Equinox. The operator has some reformer Pilates offerings, but they've generally been reserved for one-on-one or small group training. The brand described the space on social media as: "Built for those who train with the best - to be their best. Where strength, conditioning and recovery are engineered as one. Where progress is intentional, & excellence is earned over time. Train. Condition. Recover. Elevate your standard." Equinox declined ATN's request for additional information for this story. The move represents a shift among luxury fitness and wellness operators toward embracing "high-performance lifestyle" and industry trends like reformer Pilates and Hyrox-inspired hybrid fitness training. Last year, Life Time acquired the Brian Mazza-founded High Performance Lifestyle Training, a wellness company known for immersive, in-person experiences geared towards self-improvement. The operator then moved to integrate HPLT's ethos into its own offerings, providing members access to exclusive retreats, self-development workshops and high-intensity fitness challenges. Life Time also opened LT High Performance in NYC featuring VO2 max testing, resting metabolic rate analysis and in-body biometric composition.

Life Time unveils major Palm Beach Gardens expansion with new signature pickleball destination, CTR studio and expanded exercise floor. Oct 08, 2026, 17:12 ET Expansion adds six pickleball courts in a new building, a dedicated 24-reformer CTR (Core Tone Reform) studio and more than 5,600 square feet of additional exercise-floor space PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Life Time (NYSE: LTH) is significantly expanding its athletic country club experience in Palm Beach Gardens with a new 20,500-square-foot pickleball destination, a 24-reformer studio for CTR - Life Time's high-energy, reformer-focused workout combining Pilates-inspired movement with athletic conditioning - and more than 5,600 square feet of additional exercise-floor space. Located across the road from its existing 136,000-square-foot, four-story Palm Beach Gardens athletic country club, the new pickleball location provides members with six new courts designed for leagues, tournaments, events and open play. Within the existing club, Life Time has also launched 45 weekly CTR classes and is expanding its third-floor exercise area to 31,000 total square feet of functional space, meeting growing member demand for strength training and cardio equipment. The investment reflects Life Time's broader commitment to continually evaluate and evolve its athletic country clubs based on member interests, engagement and use of its in-club programs and spaces. The new pickleball space and CTR studio are now open, while the expanded exercise floor is expected to open later this fall. "Since opening in 2022, our members have shown tremendous enthusiasm for pickleball, our studio classes and our strength and cardio training spaces, and we've seen the need for more," said Susan Mistri, Senior Lead General of Life Time Palm Beach Gardens. "The new pickleball location and expansion in our current space will give our members more options to move and live a healthy, happy life." Life Time Palm Beach Gardens already offers pickleball programming for a range of skill levels, including introductory instruction, open play, lessons, mixers, leagues and junior programming. The new Life Time Palm Beach Gardens pickleball destination also features lounge spaces for members to gather before and after play, a retail wall offering select athletic gear and sportswear, and a grab-and-go cooler with healthy food and beverages. Life Time Palm Beach Gardens is part of EDENS' highly trafficked, 403,000-square-foot Downtown Palm Beach Gardens lifestyle center, a premier destination for shopping, dining and quality time with family and friends in Northern Palm Beach County. Beyond its fitness, studio programming and pickleball offerings, the athletic country club features a rooftop beach club and a Life Time Work club lounge. About Life Time Life Time (NYSE: LTH) empowers people to live healthy, happy lives through its more than 195 athletic country clubs across the U.S. and Canada, the complimentary and comprehensive Life Time app featuring its L - AI - C(TM) AI-powered health companion, and more than 30 iconic athletic events. Serving people ages 90 days to 90+ years, the Life Time ecosystem uniquely delivers healthy living, healthy aging, and healthy entertainment experiences, a range of unique healthy way of life programs, highly trusted LTH nutritional supplements and more. Recognized as a Great Place to Work(R), the company is committed to upholding an exceptional culture for its nearly 50,000 team members. SOURCE Life Time, Inc.