Fitness Factory Health Club will bring its personalized approach to training this summer to The Gardens shopping center (formerly ITC Crossing South) in Mt. Olive, New Jersey. The location will be its second in Morris County for the Edgewater, N.J.-based chain, which currently has 17 company-owned and franchised health clubs in operation or under development in Northern and Central New Jersey, as well as Westchester County and Harlem in New York. The company also plans to expand into Pennsylvania.
R.J. Brunelli & Co., exclusive leasing agent for the 373,612-square-foot power center, signed the fast-growing regional health club to a 16,400-square-foot space that occupies the remaining portion of the property’s former Bed, Bath & Beyond store.
The 13,800-square-foot balance of that space was occupied by the recently opened Boot Barn, the national western wear and casual apparel chain’s first location in northern New Jersey.
Fitness Factory and Boot Barn join a list of newcomers to the property that includes the recently opened Ross as well as Skechers, which is set to debut in early June. Home Goods opened at the site in Summer 2023. These will be followed in the fourth quarter of this year by a 2,500-square-foot Panda Express and a 2,325-square-foot Chipotle Mexican Grill in a newly developed pad site building. Chipotle will offer drive-thru service.
“With these latest deals, we’re pleased to report that The Gardens is now 98%-leased,” said Danielle Brunelli, president and principal of Old Bridge, New Jersey-based R.J. Brunelli. “The execution of leases with these exciting new national and regional tenants points to the strength of this center, which underwent a major renovation under owner Black Lion Investment Group.”
Located just off the intersection of Routes 46 and 80 in the Flanders section of Mt. Olive Township, The Gardens features such other major retailers as Lowe’s, TJ Maxx, Home Goods, Michael’s, PetSmart and Five Below. An adjoining Walmart, which owns its store site, serves as a shadow anchor.
