Posted October 27, 2012 1:54 am by

LA Fitness buys Urban Active fitness clubs

LA Fitness buys Urban Active fitness clubs

 

California-based LA Fitness has bought Kentucky-based Urban Active, bringing to a close a tumultuous few years for Urban Active.

LA Fitness announced the acquisition Friday. Purchase price was not disclosed.

LA Fitness officials said in a statement that the company purchased “substantially all of the assets relating to Urban Active’s clubs in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Nebraska, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.”

LA Fitness will honor all of Urban Active’s current membership and personal training agreements, officials said. Only one Urban Active location will close, a club in Mason, Ohio. Members of that club are being referred to an LA Fitness club in nearby Symmes.

Urban Active had 36 locations including 19 in Ohio and eight in the Columbus area. Founded in 2007 in Lexington, Ky., the chain had an estimated $107.5 million in revenue in 2011, according to trade publication Club Industry.