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have heard it will be in the target building

Dare said "Apparently giant GoodLife Fitness is coming to Brandon within the next 6 months. I hope it forces the exsisting gyms in town to drop their membership fees "

Your source???

Just what this city needs...another gym???

Target building is way too big for a gym unless they split up the space

qhonly said "Just what this city needs...another gym??? "

Businesses open because they think they can make money it really has nothing to do with making Brandon a better place to live or to make you happy...If a gym thinks they can come and make money good on them.  
Anytime anyone sets up shop it costs a lot of money that finds its way into the local economy. If 23 dollar stores think they can make money here then go with god as far as I'm concerned.

Dare said "Apparently giant GoodLife Fitness is coming to Brandon within the next 6 months. I hope it forces the exsisting gyms in town to drop their membership fees "

What should they charge? 25 cents per day...because your membership works out to a bit less than 2 dollars a day..and FYI goodlife will show you just how reasonable the local gyms are...does a $100 registration fee on top of your 1 year contract sound good? They'll throw in a water bottle...

as I would like to see that, I think Brandon could not support a Goodlife that would be that big to take the Target floor space over. Considering the one in Tuxedo Park (or whatever it's called) in Winnipeg isn't even that big and that's in a major city. That place is packed solid and would assume they replace the doors on a weekly basis with the amount of people coming and going. Brandon just doesn't have the people to support a Target sized gym. Maybe if it was the only gym in Brandon, but with the Y, FQ, 24hr, the one on park, the new one that had a thread a few mths back, the one at the university, DLines and I'm sure I am missing some I think a city sized gym would end up like Target.  
If you are concerned with the price of a gym membership, then go and buy the equipment. A couple hundred bucks will get you set up, with no additional fees. I know the 1 gym I visited for a while in Brandon was very reasonable for all the services and equipment they had to offer. Just one question about price though....what would be a reasonable price for a gym to charge?

We don't need another exercise place.....I was really hoping that Walmart would open up another store seeing that they announced expansions and possibly occupying some of the Target stores once they leave. It would be good especially for the seniors that live close by!

http://www.goodlifefitness.com/upcoming-locations/  
 
There are no upcoming location opening slotted for Brandon, unless of course this is something in the works for next year?

A few weeks back it was being reported that Goodlife Fitness was looking to expand and was considering former Target stores and hiring former employees. Part of the expansion was to open 350 clubs in Canada by this spring, and 400 clubs by the end of the year. So its defiantly possible that Brandon could get a Goodlife Fitness, but I doubt and would be shocked if they opened a location in the former Target store here in Brandon. I doubt Brandon could support that big of Gym.  
 
 
 
 
Link:  
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/goodlife-fitness-to-expand-considering-former-target-stores-and-employees-1.2919823

The Good Life in Regina went into the old Zellers building on the east end. It's about the same size so possible.

I hope they do. We have a promotion through work that is only good for this specific gym. It would actually be affordable , I was pricing yearly memberships last week and realized that was unatainable for me.

I think a good life in Brandon will do very well. I think it will close down fitness quest which is in a building that has a leaking roof and Older equipment that is often under repair. The squash club has been in trouble in the past and will more than likely close too. Anytime fitness will be fine as its 24 hour so has that niche covered. Embark on park east hasn't been open Lin. But they seem to be more of a crossfit box with regular gym goers too and has 24 hr access. Gyms like crossfit rocked have their own strong following which appeal to a certain type. I know a few people that go to crossfit rocked and also go to other gyms in town to do "regular" workouts.  
 
I think a large corporate gym is exactly what Brandon needs. Something modern with big pockets to keep it up to date with all the latest equipment and not just constantly try and repair old equipment or buy old equipment from gyms that have gone into liquidation.

I think they would have to split the floor space up my idea would be to put goodlife at the back of the current store lay out with the outdoor access then put up a partition wall and have some sort of clothing store or home outfitters style store with access directly to the mall. That way the outside access for good life would accommodate their later closing times and wouldnt be restricted to the malls operating hours.

qhonly said "Just what this city needs...another gym??? "

it's not another pizza joint!

Note the date on the original post before getting too excited (2015)... figured this was the best place for this post. Am I the only one thats noticed a lot of Goodlife Fitness ad banners showing up via Google ads since yesterday? Sometimes when Google decides what ad to show  targeting is done based on what other sites you've visited recently but I can't recall having visited fitness sites lately. Maybe a co-incidence, or maybe they're geo-targeting this area with ads despite not having a location here?  
 
Edited by Adam, 2016-03-16 08:29:00

This location is what I heard the location would be. Who really knows though I Heard Costco was coming as well!

the more gyms the better IMO I go to anytime and its gotten so busy lately that I had to switch to going before work. between 5-8 pm is almost unbearable

Donna666 said "This location is what I heard the location would be. Who really knows though I Heard Costco was coming as well! "

Costco has been coming to Brandon for the last 15 years.  
 
 
But as for Goodlife Fitness I cant see them moving into the old Safeway location because of how big it is and I would imagine the monthly rent or lease would be quite high. They would never survive in a location like that unless the mall subdivides the Safeway location so that Goodlife is only in a corner or half of the building or half of Brandon starts going to the gym.  
 
Edited by The_Young_Man, 2016-03-16 11:48:46

http://www.goodlifefitness.com/upcoming-locations/

heard that the former Safeway space in Shoppers Mall was the future home of Goodlife Fitness (rumor only) but according to the link provided by Big Mamma, Brandon is not slated for a Goodlife gym anytime soon.

http://www.goodlifefitness.com/upcoming-locations/newclubdetails.aspx?uniqueid=75  
 
Coming early 2017

That is where I heard it is going.  
But early 2017 (as the website says)  
seems like a very long wait to fill that space. It has been empty for a long time already.

Wow 26000ft is a big gym. Hopefully they can make it work and the demand is there.  
 
Edited by The_Young_Man, 2016-04-06 17:35:26

Slowly starting to come together for the mall post-Target with Swiss Chalet/Harvey's and now this. Not sure what space it's in, but fwiw to give an idea the former Target space (before any subdividing) sounds like it's approx 108,000 sqft if you go by:  
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/Targets-demise-left-local-retail-landscape-with-huge-holes-to-fill-367210981.html  
 
I don't think a business would announce an opening in a city unless things were well in motion, but for completeness' sake the mall hasn't commented on either of this weeks developments as of now.

A rep for Morguard has confirmed for me that Goodlife will be occupying 26,000 sqft in a portion of the former Safeway space

JustinfromMWC said " Just heard an announcement that GoodLife Fitness is coming into the Shoppers Mall in early 2017. It will be located at the currently abandoned Safeway location near Guest Services. "

Not trying to sound rude, but did you read the rest of the discussion? Go back 6 post, because that was already said.  
 
 
 
Edited by The_Young_Man, 2016-04-11 12:29:16