The city issued a permit Feb. 15 for owner Craig Pepin-Donat to build-out the Crunch Fitness gym at Regency Park in Arlington.
Hannold Management LLC of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is the contractor for the $950,000 construction project.
Hannold will renovate 23,949 square feet of space at 9400 Atlantic Blvd.
Pepin-Donat and franchise partner Chad Smith own the Crunch Fitness in the Harbour Village shopping center at 13475 Atlantic Blvd. and the new one at Regency Park.
He said in October they expected to open the Regency Park gym in the first quarter of 2023 at 9400 Atlantic Blvd. in the Regency Park shopping center.
The city is reviewing a permit application for an estimated $950,000 build-out of an almost 24,000-square-foot space in a corner near Elevate Life Church.
Pepin-Donat estimates the total build-out at $1.5 million as well as adding more than $1 million in equipment.
“There will be many more Crunch gyms in Jacksonville,” Pepin-Donat said.
Pepin-Donat said in October the Harbour Village location, previously a Stein Mart store, was doing well, which he attributed to an approach that extends beyond workout machines and pumping iron.
It opened in January 2022.
Crunch’s corporate focus is “in making serious exercise fun by fusing fitness and entertainment and pioneering a philosophy of ‘No Judgments.’”
“One of the things Crunch is famous for is our trendsetting group fitness classes,” Pepin-Donat said.
He said building-out and equipping the 34,000-square-foot Harbour Village location cost about $3.2 million.