Chris Goff, 26, the club owner and manager at Anytime Fitness, points out what type of equipment the 24-hour gym will include.
Businesses at the Bernwood Centre in Bonita Springs are going to see new tenants moving in during the next few months.
The Centre, which is home to restaurants, stores and offices in more than 67,174 square feet of space has a few spots open and Michael Maurer is working to get them filled.
Maurer is the broker who recently signed off on three businesses including office space for an autism school, a yoga studio, and fitness center.
“All the Bernwood complexes are showing growth with the addition of malls like Coconut Point in the area,” said Maurer, from the Commercial Realty Group of Bonita Springs.
Anytime Fitness has just leased 5,880 square feet of retail space, or two units, and has plans to move in during the next few months.
“We are excited to get started and move in because we will be the only gym in this part of Bonita Springs,” said Misti Burns, 25, owner of Anytime Fitness. She and business partner Chris Goff, 26, moved to the area from Louisiana after realizing the area was saturated with Anytime Fitness franchises. “Bonita Springs has a good demographic and we found that this spot is good for people who work later at night like at the local malls.”
Two failed fire inspections have kept them from opening the fitness center that will feature tanning, state-of-the-art workout equipment and access to the facility at all hours of the day or night.
Security will be provided by cameras that will capture everything going on inside the gym and members will get a keycard that will allow them access to the gym.
“We are playing the waiting game now but soon we will be able to complete demolition and have showers, equipment and lockers put in,” said Burns who has been introducing Bonita Springs residents to the 24-hour gym concept from the gazebo adjacent to where the gym will be. “We will be here every day until we open.”
The Eden Institute, which has already opened its doors at the Bernwood Centre, is hoping the location will give its customers easy access to their services.
The space will hold the administrative offices for the Institute’s autism schools and group home in Naples and Fort Myers.
“We will have our offices in Bonita Springs so that our schools in Naples and Fort Myers have an easier time getting to us,” said Frank Garbarino, of the Eden Institute. “Bonita Springs is a good spot to put an office so people don’t have to go too far back and forth.”
And de-stressing from the hustle and bustle of traffic is why a yoga studio is also moving into one of the Centre’s 4,200 square foot space.
“There isn’t much else in this area where to do yoga that I know of. There is one small studio off Corkscrew but it’s very trendy right now and this will bring yoga to this part of Bonita,” said Maurer adding that Sam Chiodo will be the owner of the studio. No other information about the yoga studio was available as of press time.
Maurer feels that having new tenants move into the Bernwood Centre is a sign of growth in this part of Southwest Florida.
“The new malls are attracting more people to the area. So the more traffic, the more people see these buildings and the more attractive they become for potential tenants,” Maurer said. “Bonita and Estero are the focal point of growth in Southwest Florida and I think people are starting to realize that … this is where they want to be.”
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