Anytime Fitness changing locations
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A crew works renovating the former Blockbuster Video buildings on West Court Street in Janesville into a new location for Anytime Fitness. The business is moving from a nearby mini-mall location where it has been located for the last five years.
What it is: Anytime Fitness, one of the world's largest 24-hour gym and co-ed fitness center chains, is changing locations on Janesville's west side.
Owner Jeff Brewer opened his first Anytime Fitness in Janesville five years ago at 2313 W. Court Street. Now, he's renovating a larger building across the street and plans to open in the new location between Christmas and New Year's.
The new location will be at 2315 W. Court St., the former home of Blockbuster Video. The building has been empty since Blockbuster closed in 2010.
"The new location will be much bigger than what I have now," Brewer said. "We'll get our own building on Court Street and much better visibility.
"Plus with the added space, we'll be able to offer more amenities and group exercise classes."
In the new building, Brewer will lease 6,500 square feet of space, compared with the 4,000 he had been leasing.
Brewer said the Anytime Fitness corporation mandates building updates every five years. Since he's now in the fifth year of owning the west side franchise, he needed to upgrade the facility's look, and the added space and visibility is a plus.
Brewer also owns Anytime Fitness on Milton Avenue in Janesville.
He's two years into ownership of that franchise, and he said he'd likely make similar changes to that center in another three years.
Dec 20, 2012 at 10:16 a.m.
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I enjoy this location better than Milton avenue. I have excellent results with the tread climbers, the "crunch machine" and the "chicken wing" machines (pardon me, please, for not knowing the actual name of the machines). I know that Milton avenue has machines LIKE the tread climbers, but they tend to be a little too hard on my knees after about five to ten minutes. I love that they are getting to expand. I just hope they don't remove some of the equipment I've grown to love!
Dec 18, 2012 at 6:42 p.m.
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Or maybe fix the damn feet on all the elliptical machines and get the remote controls for the TVs off them. Nothing like busted feet and the remote flying out all the time.
Dec 18, 2012 at 2:10 p.m.
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Love ATF, except they need an actual bench and would be nice to ditch a few treadmills for a deadlift platform-with chalk.
Dec 18, 2012 at 12:44 p.m.
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Now if he could only renovate the jerks he has working there.
Dec 18, 2012 at 8:34 a.m.
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7:15 A. M. Is too early for Sigma....WAKE UP SIGMA !
Dec 18, 2012 at 7:48 a.m.
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...plans to open in the new location between Christmas and New Year's.
Dec 18, 2012 at 7:15 a.m.
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So when is it moving?
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