Life Time Opens Luxury Athletic Club in Lakewood Ranch
Life Time opened its first Lakewood Ranch location Monday, Oct. 12, bringing more than 180,000 square feet of fitness, recreation and social space to 5000 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. N. in Sarasota.
The development includes an 86,000-square-foot athletic club, a nearly 50,000-square-foot beach club and a similarly sized pickleball complex. The beach club features waterslides, a five-lane lap pool, cabanas and poolside dining, while the pickleball complex has 14 courts — three indoors and 11 outdoors.
Mamdani Cuts Ribbon on Four-Year Rec Center Renovation
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura have announced the reopening of the historic Lost Battalion Hall Recreational Center in Rego Park, which closed in 2022 to undergo a $25.9 million top-to-bottom reconstruction project.
NYC Parks and elected officials cut the ribbon at the newly renovated center early on Friday, Oct. 9, with Council Members James Gennaro, Shanel Thomas-Henry and Phil Wong joining Shimamura and Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi to celebrate the long-awaited reopening.
New Pickleball Club Opens in Weaverville
Pickleball players will soon have a new place to hit the courts in western North Carolina as Ballcrank Pickleball Club prepares to celebrate its grand opening Saturday, Oct. 24.
The club, located at 115 Reems Creek Road in Weaverville, will host the free, public grand opening celebration from noon to 9 p.m.
The facility features 12 cushioned indoor pickleball courts across more than 30,000 square feet of the former Ballcrank Corporation headquarters. The club says the courts are the first of their kind in WNC.
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