PF Franchisees Continue Club Openings
Company: PF Houston, LLC
Franchisees: Scott Sanders, Jon Evans
Number of locations: 17 with 2 under construction
Location of new club: Houston, Texas (Copperfield area)
Square footage: Approx. 20,000
On Oct. 9, PF
Houston, LLC opened
its new Copperfield
club in Houston. The
turnout was impacted
by Hurricane Harvey
relief efforts, but the
company still saw a
great event with 250
attendees and several local
dignitaries coming out. Activities included a remote radio broad-
casting, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, food provided by Chick-fil-A
and plenty of giveaways, including PF® swag, two Planet Fitness®
cornhole boards and a $1,000 jewelry gift certificate. The grand
opening also featured a check presentation of $1,000 to the Boys
& Girls Club of Greater Houston.
Company: ECP-PF Holdings Group
Franchisees: Joe Pepe and John Hrinda
Number of locations: 71
Location of new club: Clifton Park, New York; Tonawanda,
New York; Groton, Connecticut
Square footage: 25,000; 25,000; 17,000, respectively
Company: TG3 Enterprise
Franchisees: Matt Glance, Chad Fitton
Number of locations: 35
Location of new club: Englewood and Bowling Green, Ohio
TG3 Enterprise brought the community together last
November with the grand opening of their Englewood and
Bowling Green, Ohio, clubs. Attendees were able to eat pizza,
enter in raffles for free memberships and train with Danni Allen,
who hosted small group workouts and shared tips. At the Bowling
Green, Ohio, club, a check for $2,500 was donated to the local
Boys & Girls Club.
Company: PFMW Clancy Hamilton Group
Franchisee: John Clancy
Number of locations: 27
Location of new club: Cincinnati, Ohio
Square footage: 31,500
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On Oct. 18, ECP-PF opened the doors to its new PF location
in Clifton Park, New York. The grand opening went off without a
hitch, and the whole community was invited. Activities included
free giveaways, food from local vendors, a check presentation
of $1,000 to the local Boys & Girls Club, local entertainment
from Clifton Park’s World Class Dance competition team and a
performance by local singer Chloe Macyn. Attendees included
Sen. Jim Tedisco and representatives from Assemblywoman Mary
Walsh’s office, who presented the New York State Citations to
Planet Fitness. ECP-PF also opened two more clubs in Tonawanda,
New York, and Groton, Connecticut. Each opening included
giveaways, raffles, food, publicity from radio stations, local officials
in attendance and a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the local Boys
& Girls Club.
Last year,
PFMW Clancy
Hamilton Group
relocated their
Cincinnati,
Ohio, loca-
tion from a
lightly traveled
15,000-square-
foot club with
retail closing
on both sides
to a 45,000-cars-a-day
roadway. The grand opening featured a celebration that included
50 members of the local community and PFMW employees,
delicious food and a check presentation to the Boys & Girls Club
of Greater Cincinnati for $45,000.