This busy Lexington area is getting a new national fitness gym. Here’s where
What is currently a construction zone will soon be a Judgement Free Zone.
Planet Fitness, which has locations across the U.S. and carries the “Judgement Free Zone” slogan, has a new location coming to the fast-growing Platt Springs Crossing development in the Red Bank area of Lexington County. The progress of the construction of the new facility has been noted in several social media posts in the last month from Mimms Contracting, which is working on construction for the project.
“The new @planetfitness in Red Bank is really taking shape!,” the contracting company said in a Jan. 17 Facebook post. “From steel installation to interior framing, our team is hard at work bringing this space to life — one step closer to a place where the community can focus on strength, wellness, and feeling their best.”
The fact that a Planet Fitness would be part of the Platt Springs Crossing development has been touted since the project was first announced more than two years ago. Now the eye-catching, two-story structure is taking shape on the property, located just west of the Lowes Foods grocery store that opened in November.
There are more than 2,700 Planet Fitness locations in the U.S., per data website ScrapeHero. There are a number of locations in the Columbia and Lexington areas.
Platt Springs Crossing is a 60-acre, $65 million mixed-use project that is quickly developing off Platt Springs Road near South Lake Drive. Businesses that already are operating at the site include the aforementioned Lowes Foods supermarket, a Panda Express Chinese restaurant, a Whataburger, a Chipotle, a Big Blue Marble Academy early childhood center and a Prisma Health urgent care facility.
Developers recently announced that Tropical Smoothie and Venus Nails have signed leases to be a part of the development, and Lexington County public records have shown a LongHorn Steakhouse is being planned there. Also, there are 142 townhomes planned on the northeast end of the property.
The Red Bank area in south central Lexington County has boomed with growth in recent years with new subdivisions, schools, businesses and more. About 18,500 cars per day travel down Platt Springs Road near the Platt Springs Crossing development, per state Department of Transportation data, while more than 27,000 cars per day traverse South Lake Drive nearby.
