Anytime Fitness will break ground Thursday on its new corporate headquarters that aims to practice what it preaches by offering a wellness-oriented campus experience for its employees.
The new 80,000 square feet building in Woodbury will give the company room to expand up to 250 people. It's current space in Hastings houses 150 employees.
Its new facility will mimic a national trend in office space development that caters to employee amenities. The 36-acre plot of land will be built out in two phases. Phase I will offer indoor and outdoor activities, such as biking and hiking trails, and both indoor and outdoor exercise areas. Phase II will add zip lines, an obstacle course and climbing walls.
Anytime Fitness has hired architect firm BWBR and lanscape architect Coen + Partners to design the spaces.
"The high-profile site will allow us to create a corporate campus that is iconic for both Anytime Fitness and the east metropolitan region," said Shane Coen, CEO and principal landscape architect of Coen + Partners, in a news release. "With the rolling terrain and adjacent wetlands, we have the opportunity to imagine a comprehensive design that fosters activity and allows people to experience why Anytime Fitness has become a global leader in fitness and wellness."
The soil work will begin late next week and the company's leadership hopes to move to the new campus in the spring of 2016.
