LOWER EAST SIDE — A new Planet Fitness location is expected to open at Essex Crossing in 2018, the company announced Tuesday.
The low-cost fitness chain, which has more than 1,000 gyms nationwide, plans to open a 22,000-square-foot center on the second floor of 145 Clinton St., according to a press release.
“To be a part of a such an impressive project in such an important community is an unbelievable opportunity for Planet Fitness,” said Jeff Innocenti, CEO of Planet Fitness New York LLC, a franchisee of the New Hampshire-based chain.
Planet Fitness offers low-cost gym memberships and bills itself as a “judgment free zone” for exercise beginners and more experienced exercisers, according to its website. The Essex Crossing location will be the company’s fifth in Manhattan, the release said.
The gym will be located in a 15-story mixed-unit building currently under construction at the corner of Clinton and Grand streets.
In addition to 211 apartments — 104 of which will be affordable — the site boasts nearly 70,000 square feet of retail space, including the fitness center, a supermarket and a 15,000-square-foot public park, according to the developer, Delancey Street Associates.
Planet Fitness is the third major retail tenant to sign a lease at Essex Crossing. It joins Splitsville Luxury Lanes, which plans to open a 17,000-square-foot bowling alley that would serve sushi and calamari in 2017, as well as a 14-screen Regal Cinema multiplex, which will feature full-size recliners with foot rests when it opens in late 2017 or 2018.
New York University also announced plans to open a health center at Essex Crossing, according to the Lo-Down.
