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<br />July 12, 1999
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<br />MinMSota Real Estate]oul7I/Jl
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<br />Page 5
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<br />The city of
<br />Maple Grove
<br />will soon
<br />shape up
<br />NORTHWEST PLANS
<br />NEW FITNESS CLUB
<br />
<br />'The city of Maple Grove is about to '
<br />get its first health club, , ,
<br />Last month, the city ap~roved North:.
<br />west ({ac uet Swim and ealth Club's
<br />aDS to deve 0 a two- e . .
<br />~are oat aCI ftiul at WI e aced
<br />to the City s I J H. square toot cQrnmu-
<br />~ center. located east of the WeaY.ef
<br />Lakelroad/Interstate 94 interchange,
<br />The club, which will be Northwest's
<br />II th Twin cities location. will operate as
<br />its own entity but share some ameniries
<br />with the community center.
<br />o, a Ie Grove is a tremendous mar-
<br />ket:' says Jerry oyee. art west s
<br />regional manager. adding that he expectF
<br />the new club to draw members from
<br />throughout Maple Grove as weB as
<br />neighboring suburbs, including Cham-
<br />plin and Plymouth,
<br />The city plans 10 sell Northwest about
<br />5,5 acres of land for the development.
<br />Club owners also will have an option on
<br />an additional three acres for future
<br />expansion. says AI Madsen, Maple
<br />Grove city administrator. Neither North-
<br />west nor city officials wiJJ disdose a
<br />potential sale price for the land.
<br />
<br />"T hey're in the final
<br />stages of financing and
<br />they're out for pricing
<br />with contractors. "
<br />- Teny Just
<br />director of parks and recreaJWn
<br />city of Maple Grove
<br />
<br />Noyce says a cost estimate for the club,
<br />is not yet available as Northwest is still
<br />running the numbers. Northwest is work-
<br />ing with lender J,P, Morgan,
<br />'"They're in the final stages of fInanc.
<br />ing and they're out for pricing with con~
<br />tractors,'" says Terry Just, Maple Grove
<br />director of parks and recreation.
<br />Typically, Northwest clubs average
<br />about 150,000 square feet ahd feature full.
<br />service exercise equipment, swimming
<br />pools and sports faciJities. However, the
<br />Maple Grove club will be significantly
<br />smaller and will not contain tennislraajuet.
<br />ball courts or an indoor pool, The club will
<br />share the community center's indoor pool,
<br />whiJe the Northwest facility will feature an
<br />outdoor pool that will be available 10 user.;
<br />of the community center,
<br />'This will be a new design:' Noyce says,
<br />adding that plans call for a full fitness cen.
<br />ter with an indoor running track imd aero-
<br />bic studio, a pro shop, snack bar and
<br />locker rooms with full.length loclrer1!.
<br />The outdoor pool is scbeduled to open
<br />in June 2000 and the club is expected to
<br />
<br />REPORTS
<br />
<br />open in September 2000,
<br />P1ans for the Northwest facility in Maple
<br />Grove were first discussed in 1996, but the
<br />club was unable to line up the financing
<br />(MREJ, 9'16-96). At that time, the propos'
<br />al called for a 170,000 10 180,000 square
<br />foot facility to be developed on 15 acres,
<br />wlUch would bave been the chain's largest
<br />club,
<br />The club owners at the time, Harvey
<br />Ratner and Marvin Wolfenson, were fros,
<br />!rated that their lenders would not advance
<br />new money for expansion, They ended up
<br />Selling the chain of clubs in March 1997 to
<br />Denver,based Club Sports International,
<br />which also ~wns Aagship Athletic Club in
<br />
<br />Eden Prairie,
<br />As for future expansion. Noyce says
<br />there is nothing definite, but '"we're look.
<br />ing at possibly expanding in the Twin
<br />Cities market." He will not disclose possi-
<br />ble locations,
<br />In 1996, the club also bad plans 10 deve!,
<br />op a facilily in OakdaIe, but once again the
<br />lack of fmancing put a halt 10 that project.
<br />Noyce says Dakdale is still a possibility,
<br />but he will not comment further, .Li: wolj'
<br />
<br />" Maple Grove is a
<br />
<br />tremendous market. "
<br />
<br />-Jeny Noyce
<br />regioTllll 71U1T11lgtT
<br />Northwest Racquet Swim
<br />and Health Club
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