Spada purchase dream come true for spa owners

Spada Salon and Day Spa in south Fort Myers is under new management and owners Mark and Brandi Borg plan to make the pampering retreat even better.

The Borgs, who purchased Spada more than a month ago, said the purchase was a dream come true for the pair who already owned the U Salon and Day Spa on Gladiolus.

"It was just an absolute mind blowing dream that I was given and I had to find a way to make it work," said Mark Borg, whose been a local business owner for more than two years.

Purchasing Spada was a big deal for Borg because he had spent six years persuading the owners to sell it to him through letters and broker inquiries.

"I always heard about Spada being so fantastic and I always wanted to buy them ... ," said Borg noting that during those years he'd opened two area salons, closed one and had children.

Before breaking ground on the U Salon and Day Spa he tried one more time to contact the Spada owners with an offer to buy but word never came.

"I tried so many times because it was always my dream and the owners have now told me that they never got any of the letters or contacts," Borg said about the salon he now plans to enhance with added customer service. "For me it is absolutely incredible and I couldn't ask or want anything more."

As owners of the two salons, the Borgs are now the largest employer of spa professionals in the area. They also own 10,500 square feet of salon space which makes them the owners of the most spa space in the area.

"We are incredibly excited about Spada ... it's a beautiful salon and spa and we are just over the moon," said Brandi Borg, who was recently certified as a hair dresser and will work alongside her husband on the floor. "We want it to be a place where people can not only inhale but exhale as well."

Spada recently underwent a renovation and the Borgs have no plans to change the business aesthetically or the logo and company branding. They will however work with current staff to improve customer service and make the salon a great place to work.

"We will make the staff a little more relaxed and improve the overall feeling of the salon and the employees," said Brandi Borg about their plans to make changes that the public won't necessarily see. "We think of the clients first and how they would feel when they come in for services. We will go above and beyond what is always expected."