JLL completes land acquisition for new health club, slated to open in 2026
QUEEN CREEK, Ariz., (March 27, 2025) – The Phoenix office of JLL announced today that it has completed a land acquisition on behalf of Mountainside Fitness. The acquisition will soon bring a new Mountainside Fitness health club to Queen Creek, Arizona, a community recently ranked as the third fastest-growing large city in the United States.
Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Mountainside Fitness operates 21 high-end health clubs across metro Phoenix, serving over 150,000 members. Its new Queen Creek location will sit at the northwest corner of Combs and Gantzel roads, sharing an intersection with Target, Sprouts, Frys, and numerous nationally recognized quick-serve restaurants.
The site is bookended by two educational campuses, American Leadership Academy Ironwood and Combs Traditional Academy, with more than 131,000 residents within a five-mile radius.
“Queen Creek is the perfect location for us to do what we do best, which is to support the health and wellness of metro Phoenix’s growing population with an outstanding health club environment at an affordable price,” said Mountainside Fitness CEO Craig Cote. “We’ve been doing this successfully for almost 35 years and will continue that tradition as we add Queen Creek and the San Tan Valley to our Mountainside family.”
Totalling approximately 42,000 square feet in a single story, the Queen Creek Mountainside Fitness will offer state-of-the-art equipment and more than 70 daily group fitness classes, with on-site amenities including high-end locker rooms and an elevated childcare program. This is the latest location announcement by Mountainside Fitness, which is adding multiple new facilities now under construction and slated to open throughout Arizona in the near future.
The Queen Creek Mountainside Fitness is scheduled to open in December 2025.
JLL Managing Director Regan Amato represented Mountainside Fitness in its Queen Creek land acquisition. Rommie Mojahed of CRE8Advisors represented the land seller.
“This is an exceptional position within a sprawling and underserved submarket, offering outstanding demographics and significant exposure to over 40,000 cars per day,” said Amato. “In addition to dedicated visits from its members, Mountainside will benefit from the synergistic traffic of nearby retailers, restaurants and schools, making it a natural fit for both Queen Creek and San Tan Valley residents alike. It will be a great addition to an already amazing community.”
In Phoenix, JLL is a market leader employing more than 600 of the region’s most recognized industry experts offering office, industrial, retail, healthcare and data center brokerage, tenant representation, facility and investment management, capital markets, multifamily investments and development services, and related services within the real estate leasing, investment and management process. In 2024, the Phoenix team completed almost 50.5 million square feet in lease and sale transactions, with a total transaction volume of more than $2.8 billion. It managed almost 18 million square feet of space and directed 36 projects through Project and Development Services.