Life Time Inc. is nearly done building its new club at Southdale Center in Edina.
The $43 million, four-story complex is the largest club investment the Chanhassen-based health and wellness company has made in the Twin Cities and the first of its kind in the country. It combines Life Time's co-working, fitness, spa and soccer facilities under one roof.
"It supports this pedestrian lifestyle," James O'Reilly, president of Life Time Work, the fitness company's co-working arm, said this week as he discussed the club's location next to the Southdale shopping center.
Members will be able to walk from the club to the northeastern side of the mall, where J.C. Penney used to stand, thanks to an enclosed "winter garden" pathway on the ground level.
"It's a prime location. … There would have been no way to find an open-land build in Edina," said Shawn Severson, director of Life Time Edina.
While the average Life Time club is about 130,000 square feet, the Life Time Edina at Southdale location is 147,000 square feet. That does not include the Life Time Work co-working space, which adds another 29,000 square feet, nor the Life Time Sport soccer facilities, another 28,000 square feet.
When complete, the complex will offer a rooftop pool deck and bistro where people can be served from their pool chairs; multiple training, cycle and yoga studios; a full-service spa for body, hair and nail services; indoor pools as well steam rooms and saunas. There will be a "kids academy" with classes like karate, music and Spanish immersion. And there will be a cafe and sushi restaurant.
The Southdale location will be the first Life Time club in the Twin Cities priced at its diamond premier membership level, which goes from $159 a month for an individual membership ($20 cheaper if you are under 30) and can go as high as $339 for a family of four.
