Life Time bought 8.5 acres at the entrance of Seven Pines to develop its first athletic resort club in Northeast Florida and the sixth in the state.
The club's location is at southwest Butler and Kernan boulevards.
Through LTF Real Estate Co. Inc., Life Time bought the land from the Skinner Family through Sawmill Timber LLC.
Chip and Riley Skinner, part of the ownership group, shared the information.
The deed was not recorded as of late April 3.
Life Time is an athletic country club with more than 170 locations in the U.S. and Canada.
Parham Javaheri, Life Time chief property development officer and president of club operations, said the development will be the main anchor for the Seven Pines residential, office and retail development.
"As we expand into Florida, this is an ideal location for us to bring our healthy way of life experiences to a new community," he said in a statement provided by email.
At Seven Pines, Life Time plans a two-story, 85,000-square-foot location with a 50,000-square-foot outdoor beach club.
The outdoor beach club will include a combined lap and leisure pool, waterslide, lesson pool, outdoor bistro and resort/lounge-style seating.
Amenities include eight outdoor pickleball courts; Life Time Kids Academy for ages 3 months to 11 years old; group fitness studios; a training floor with cardio, strength-based and free weight equipment; a basketball court; and men’s and women’s locker rooms and rejuvenation suites with a warm spa, cold plunge, sauna, steam rooms and showers.
Jacksonville-based England, Thims & Miller Inc. is the civil engineer.
The five Life Time clubs in Florida are in Boca Raton, Coral Gables, Miami and Palm Beach Gardens, with Tampa opening in May.
Memberships vary by location. For example, in Boca Raton, the signature membership starts at $229 a month. Membership for those age 26 and under or those 65 and older start at $199 a month.
Miami and Coral Gables rates start at $269 and $239. Palm Beach Gardens rates start at $299 and $269.
No rates are posted for Tampa.
Life Time, which is publicly traded, says it addresses “all aspects of healthy living, healthy aging and healthy entertainment for people 90 days to 90+ years old.”
It has more than 37,000 employees.
“Life Time is committed to providing the best programs and experiences through its clubs, iconic athletic events and comprehensive digital platform.”
The Skinners said no construction start has been announced but is expected to take 18-24 months. Life Time expects to hire more than 150 employees.
Colliers International Florida Executive Director Jason Ryals, a retail specialist, represented Life Time in the purchase.
“The Skinner family was great to work with. There was a lot of collaboration between the buyer and seller to get the deal to work for both parties,” he said.
Ryals said he considers Life Time to be “the most dynamic retailer to enter the North Florida market since Nordstrom and Ikea. A retailer of this caliber is an example that Jacksonville is one of the hottest markets in the Southeast.”
Ryals said the Seven Pines location at southeast Butler Boulevard and Interstate 295 is ideal.
“Life Time will be able to attract customers from the Beaches, north St. Johns County, Mandarin and San Marco,” Ryals said.
Life Time Group Holdings Inc. is based in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
In its annual Securities and Exchange Commission report for the year that ended Dec. 31, Life Time, which calls itself the “Healthy Way of Life Company,” said it has almost 1.5 million individual members, who together comprise nearly 815,000 memberships.
“Since our founding over 30 years ago, we have sought to continuously innovate ways for our members to lead healthy and happy lives by offering them the best places, programs and performers,” the report says.
It said it has “distinctive, resort-like athletic country club destinations — across 31 states in the United States and one province in Canada.”
The clubs total about 17 million square feet.
They are in “affluent suburban and urban locations and include ground-up suburban builds, mall or retail locations, vertical residential and urban locations.”
“Depending on the size and location of a center, we offer expansive fitness floors with top-of-the-line equipment, spacious locker rooms, group fitness studios, indoor and outdoor pools and bistros, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, pickleball courts, basketball courts, LifeSpa, LifeCafe and our childcare and Kids Academy learning spaces,” it says.
“Our premium service offerings are delivered by over 37,000 Life Time team members, including over 9,800 certified fitness professionals, ranging from personal trainers to studio performers.”
At year-end, it had 814,936 total memberships, comprising 763,216 center memberships and 51,720 digital memberships that allow members who do not wish to use the centers to maintain benefits and the right to convert back to a full membership without paying an enrollment fee.