▶ JUST IN: A $5 million new fitness facility is coming to the old Albertson's spot on University Drive in College Station. https://t.co/TkWjg54ZMt
— 🚨 Rusty Surette 🚨 (@KBTXRusty) September 14, 2023
Finally, old Albertsons on University
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Is this the old randall's? I will always remember it that way as that is where my wife too be worked when we were younger.
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Randall's?
Precisely
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Never been occupied since I first lived here in 2006, so I'll have to plead ignorance.
Actually I think it may have been open my first semester
Actually I think it may have been open my first semester
It was built as a Randall's in the early 90s.
My fish year...in 1991-1992trouble said:
It was built as a Randall's in the early 90s.
That's what they did with the old Kroger's off Texas Ave. Amazed it took them that long to do anything with that building at all.
I believe HEB owned it and was perfectly happy with it sitting empty
Boooooooo!!
good. maybe the trufit in the old kroger will stop being AS over-run by individuals that i cannot use nice words to describe.
A $5M investment for another fitness facility??? They'd be better off zigging while everyone zags. They should open a chicken strip place or maybe a nail salon. Bank?
I could've sworn I went in there summer of 2010 when I was here for fish camp. Maybe not.UninformedInternetBlogger said:
Never been occupied since I first lived here in 2006, so I'll have to plead ignorance.
Actually I think it may have been open my first semester
HEB never owned it. They leased it from the owner so no one could build a competitor there.trouble said:
I believe HEB owned it and was perfectly happy with it sitting empty
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Either way, they kept it from being used for anything else
It's momma named it Randall's..I'm going to call it Randall's
A store has the right to change its name!!!
A store has the right to change its name!!!
Things just do what they do. It’s just like that.
Do we really need another fitness center? Maybe one is needed on that side of town... just can't see making back $5 million in any near term
It always smelled like fish in there.
UninformedInternetBlogger said:
Never been occupied since I first lived here in 2006, so I'll have to plead ignorance.
Actually I think it may have been open my first semester
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Originally developed as a Randall's grocery store in 1991, the site became an Albertson's in 1997 before closing in 2011.
From the article.
91_Aggie said:
Do we really need another fitness center? Maybe one is needed on that side of town... just can't see making back $5 million in any near term
There is an Anytime Fitness right across the street.
The building is 90,000 square feet and gym will be 50,000 square feet. More room for other tenants to join.
Then a smoothie place, a coffee place, a liquor store and a vape place.
trouble said:
I believe HEB owned it and was perfectly happy with it sitting empty
This should be illegal.
Yep, also, any landlord who leaves their rental dwelling vacant for more than a year should have the city confiscate it and resell it and put the money to more medians.phillytex24 said:trouble said:
I believe HEB owned it and was perfectly happy with it sitting empty
This should be illegal.
Also, HEB never owned it.
They will probably get much it back within 5 to 7 years with accelerated depreciation91_Aggie said:
Do we really need another fitness center? Maybe one is needed on that side of town... just can't see making back $5 million in any near term
ukbb2003 said:91_Aggie said:
Do we really need another fitness center? Maybe one is needed on that side of town... just can't see making back $5 million in any near term
There is an Anytime Fitness right across the street.
This fitness center will be a completely different market than the anytime crowd. we do need this.
this place will compete with golds and trufit. Those places definitely need competition because they're turning into garbage. you could argue the best is probably the south golds location, but they shut down their pool (last i checked) and don't have childcare anymore.
Txmoe said:
A $5M investment for another fitness facility??? They'd be better off zigging while everyone zags. They should open a chicken strip place or maybe a nail salon. Bank?
Remember that time we had 9 frozen yogurt shops?
If they put in an indoor pool, it would be fantastic.
College Station-Bryan definitely needs a large, higher-end center like LA Fitness or 24 Hour Fitness. Maybe even a Life Time, but that may be too high end if it's only taking 50k square feet.
At first I was of the same mindset, another gym? Really? But, I think that it will draw the folks that live eastward and possibly northeastward.
Are there any gyms in Bryan these days? Not CrossFit places, big box gyms?
Are there any gyms in Bryan these days? Not CrossFit places, big box gyms?
"Gimme a diablo sandwhich and a dr. pepper...to go"
There's a planet fitness in the old gattiland
I miss the Skaggs/Alb just north of IHOP...
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“Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe that unknown flying objects are nonsense.” Former CIA Director, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, public statement, 1960.
“Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe that unknown flying objects are nonsense.” Former CIA Director, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, public statement, 1960.
Will this be similar to that new Boomfit that's going in a few miles away from there?
I miss Albertsons steamed fish. They had some bomb spices to throw on there. The deli was fantastic as well
I ate a salad in the front food court most every school day as most of my classes were in Zackery.Aztec1948 said:
I miss the Skaggs/Alb just north of IHOP...
I miss Randalls' Cajun steamed shrimp.