RICHMOND, Va. — For its third outpost in the Richmond market, a national fitness brand is hopping into Midlothian.
Pure Barre, a brand of ballet barre fitness studios, is opening a new location at 1282 Alverser Plaza Drive, just off Huguenot Road. Franchisees Sarah Love and Robin Moncol have leased the 2,200-square-foot space formerly home to Café Caturra.
Sarah Love, left, and Robin Moncol.
Love opened her first Pure Barre franchise in 2014 on River Road near the University of Richmond. Moncol was one of the first clients at the West End location. The two got to know each other better working on fundraisers for the nonprofit Fetch a Cure and eventually teamed up to take on Midlothian.
“I’m really impressed with what Sarah has done at River Road,” Moncol said.
Pure Barre hosts group exercise classes that make use of a ballet bar. It recently added a cardio-based barre class to its offerings. A one-month membership with unlimited classes costs $189, but new clients get a discounted rate. The River Road location does 44 classes a week that can fit up to 25 people.
“It builds a strong community of women,” Love said. “They come and take those 55 minutes for themselves.”
Moncol will oversee the operation in Midlothian, where she grew up, and Love will help out with both locations. Love said she was looking to expand and thinks Midlothian is an underserved market in terms of niche fitness ventures.
“Midlothian doesn’t have a lot of options as far as boutique fitness,” she said. “We felt like (Alverser Plaza Drive) was pretty central in Midlothian.”]
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