Anytime Fitness Opening Up In Downtown Detroit!

[jhnbonham]

It is not there to cater to parkers, it caters to office workers and apartment dwellers who are already in the area. The last thing the CBD needs is another business that has to have parking in order for it to survive. The owners obviously see the niche without additional parking demand or they would have located this in Livonia.

There are plenty of people who live outside of a walkable distance, such as in Midtown, who would consider joining this gym if there is an option for parking. Plus many members of FitnessWorks in New Center are dissatisfied, particularly the hours, and would look elsewhere.

This is a huge additional market for them, which is why it is in their best interest to look into making a deal with a local garage.

That is nothing like opening up a strip mall gym in Livonia.

[jhnbonham]

Even many such gyms in cities such as Chicago include the option of a parking pass for the adjacent parking structure. This is an add option, so that those who live or work in a walkable distance can enjoy paying for the gym and only the gym, but those who live outside this area but still want to join a 24/7 gym close by can.

[DetroitPlanner]

There are plenty of people who live outside of a walkable distance, such as in Midtown, who would consider joining this gym if there is an option for parking. Plus many members of FitnessWorks in New Center are dissatisfied, particularly the hours, and would look elsewhere.

This is a huge additional market for them, which is why it is in their best interest to look into making a deal with a local garage.

That is nothing like opening up a strip mall gym in Livonia.

It is not like this is the only gym offering memberships Downtown. As mentioned earlier there is the DAC, but there are also a lot of other more affordable options. These include the Courtyard at Millender Center that offers a low priced membership, the Y, WSU, and the Coleman Young Recreation Center all come to mind. I am sure there are more.

The structure you mention is owned by Gilbert and serves the other buildings on the block that he owns. I doubt he would be willing to give up his spaces for this as parking has become quite valuable of a commodity as witnessed by the guy who thinks he can rip down the historic bank next to the Penobscot to provide more parking.

Detroit's CBD is advancing to the point where it can sustain businesses without providing parking. How is this a bad thing? Isn't that the direction that we want to go? The more demand for parking the more lots and structures there are. Do you really think Detroit's CBD needs to be more like Houston than it already is? https://maps.google.com/maps?q=downt...gl=us&t=h&z=17

[SpartanDawg]

There are plenty of people who live outside of a walkable distance, such as in Midtown, who would consider joining this gym if there is an option for parking.
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HELLO M1-RAIL... god i can't wait till this friggin thing is up and running..
*ducks and hides from purists who are going to bitch about it being curbside running*

[jhnbonham]

HELLO M1-RAIL... god i can't wait till this friggin thing is up and running..
*ducks and hides from purists who are going to bitch about it being curbside running*

Ha. I agree, and I'll go hide too.