Inside Frontenac’s New $55M Life Time Facility
Date Posted: December 26, 2019
Posted In: Projects,
From St. Louis Business Journal: Minnesota-based Life Time will open its latest St. Louis facility at 5 a.m. Monday in Frontenac at the site of the former Shriners Hospital.
This is the second Life Time facility in St. Louis, and one that is larger in scope. The company opened its first location in Chesterfield in 2008.
“We’ve been studying the market since our initial deployment in West County, and we recognized the opportunity to add another location. To be frank, this would have been our first deployment if we could it do all over again,” Life Time Executive Vice President and COO Jeff Zwiefel told the Business Journal. Frontenac “is the perfect segment for this high-end, luxury lifestyle resort serving everyone from the individual consumer to the kids and families. It is the perfect target.”
The anchor to St. Louis-based Desco Group’s Life Time at Plaza Frontenac development — which also features a three-story, mixed-use building and two outparcels — the $55 million Life Time facility spans 128,000 square feet across two floors and employs 300 people.
The Frontenac club is the privately held company’s 149th in the U.S. and Canada. It will offer a variety of health and wellness amenities, including dedicated studios for group fitness, yoga, cycle and other fitness programs; a spa and recovery center, cafe with food and coffee; an indoor and outdoor aquatic center; and two full-size basketball courts. A work lounge space, akin to what can be found at co-working locations, offers private booths and conference rooms. Social events also are planned.