Hagerstown, Md., is about to have more gym rats running around town.Crunch Hagerstown, a franchise ofCrunch Fitness, has signed a 30,973-square-foot lease withContinental Realtyin theCentre at Hagerstown, according to the landlord. Other terms of the lease were not immediately disclosed.The new Crunch location will occupy the former Bed, Bath & Beyond space at the nearly 300,000-square-foot open-air retail complex, bringing occupancy there to 97 percent. Other tenants at theBurlington-anchored shopping center, located at17850 Garland Groh Boulevard, includeHome Goods,Marshalls,Regency FurnitureandParty City. Continental’sMelissa SweeneyandKLNB Retail’sMatt CopelandandMichael Patzrepresented the landlord, while KLNB’sRyan Wilnerbrokered the deal for Crunch.“Together with the leasing we completed over the last several years, we continue to fulfill our goal of creating a tenant mix at Centre at Hagerstown that satisfies the daily and weekly needs of local consumers,”Kristina O’Keefe, the vice president of Continental’s commercial division, said in a statement. The brokers for the lease agreement did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Open-air retail is a distinct area of focus for Baltimore-based Continental. The firm announced last April that it hadraised a $240 million retail fundthat would go toward investments in such properties. Retail leasing has also been quite lucrative for the firm lately.AutoZoneandMy Salonsigned for acombined 15,000 square feetof space at Centre at Hagerstown in November, while supermarket chainGrocery Outletinked a 22,000-square-foot leaseat Continental’sFreedom Villagein Eldersburg, Md., that same month.
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