In 2015, we expanded the Salt Lake Front to include rope climbing, an extensive fitness area, and full-service cafe. As we’ve grown as a community over the past decade or so, it’s time to grow the space again.
This fall, we’re rolling out the first of four phases to the expansion to give you more: more fitness spaces, more vertical ventures, and more Front magic. We’ve put together this four-phase plan to ensure you keep access to everything you’ve come to love and expect from our facility and get access to the new goodness as soon as possible while we finish construction—read on to learn what’s coming, what’s moving, and when to get excited!
Opening Summer 2024: Phase One
Once you’ve checked in with our Gym Staff, you’ll enter a large, open space with high ceilings. There’s a set of stairs leading to a mezzanine level with two new group fitness studios, fitted with huge windows to let in natural light. You’ll find plenty of storage on this level for your gear as well as oodles of new equipment, including a fleet of new high-end spin bikes.
You’ll also find the brand new locker rooms and restrooms core, with private stalls and a communal sink area. There will be dedicated changing rooms and showers for private use, as well as two family restrooms. This flexible, personalized layout gives you the space you need as you begin or wind down your weekly visits.
This entrance, the studios, and bathrooms will open soon, before leaves start falling at the end of the summer.
Also in Summer 2024: Studio 1396
Alongside Phase One, you’ll see the launch of our ceramics and arts space two doors to the north, Studio 1396. We’ll have more details on the studio, how it’s included in your membership, and when you can try it out in an upcoming blog! Studio manager Cat can’t wait to welcome you into this creative oasis.
Phase Two
Once Phase One opens and we celebrate with buddy pass classes, smoothies, and tons of confetti, work begins on the really, really big stuff. First, we’ll relocate the training boards and update the east wing of O.G. with over 2100 square feet of new bouldering. We’ll let you know when the training area shuts down and our temporary training space opens through an alert on Pebble.
Phase Three
Phase Four
You’ll have the rest of our 1420 building to get excited for in Phase 4: additional rope walls, competition boulders, training boards, a yoga studio complex, coworking space, and four floors of so much more are coming your way. We don’t want to spoil the surprise too much, and we’ll share more imagery and details once we break ground on this final phase.
We’re aiming to get this all open within the next year, but we’ll deliver updates on Pebble when we have them. You follow The Front on here already, right?
With so much going on, there are going to be moving parts to keep tabs on. We’ll be communicating with you all every step of the way—in newsletters, on Pebble, and of course at our Front Desks. We’ll also provide to-the-day updates on the SLC Amenities page, so check any time to see where we’re at in the full plan.
Get excited – big things are on the way.
Katie McGowan
Communications & Membership Coordinator
