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The former Marshalls on Broadway has a new tenant, and it’s trading bargain racks for something a lot more strenuous. The newcomer signed for more than 28,000 square feet, the biggest retail lease on the Upper West Side this past quarter.
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Crunch Fitness is taking over the space at 2192 Broadway, at the corner of West 78th Street, according to CBRE‘s third-quarter Manhattan retail report. At 28,100 square feet, it was the third-largest retail lease signed anywhere in Manhattan between July and September, behind T.J. Maxx’s 28,837-square-foot deal at 150 East 86th Street and Five Iron Golf’s 28,288-square-foot lease at 32 Old Slip in the Financial District.The report doesn’t say when the gym will open, and the length of the lease and the rent weren’t disclosed. We’ve reached out to Crunch for more info.
Crunch got its start in 1989 as a single basement studio in Greenwich Village and now has more than 400 locations, according to the company’s website. On the Upper West Side, it already runs a gym at 162 West 83rd Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues. That’s one of the chain’s Crunch Signature clubs, its upgraded tier with extras like dedicated cycling and yoga studios, saunas, steam rooms and towel service. CBRE’s report doesn’t say whether the Broadway location will be a Signature club or a standard Crunch Fitness gym.
ILTUWS first report that Marshalls was closing the store in January 2023, and the company confirmed it would close by March 25 of that year. An employee told us at the time that the closure was due to “problems in the building.” The store first opened in 2014.
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The Upper West Side ranked second among Manhattan neighborhoods for retail leasing in the third quarter, with more than 50,000 square feet leased across 11 deals, CBRE found. Most of that activity was along Broadway and Columbus Avenue.Have a news tip? Send it to us here!
