Life Time health and fitness facility opening in Woodbridge
Vaughan location is third in Canada for U.S.-based entity

Yorkregion.com
May 19, 2016

A US-based firm is launching a massive new health and fitness facility in Woodbridge.

Life Time - The Healthy Way of Life Company, Thursday, announced the opening of a three-storey, more than 200,000-square-foot centre dubbed Life Time Athletic Vaughan, at 7405 Weston Rd.

Notable features include a 60,000-square-foot outdoor aquatic centre with zero-depth entry pools, lap pools and waterslides and an outdoor turf area.

There’s also dedicated group exercise, cycle, Pilates and LifePower Yoga studios, an indoor boxing areas and a full-size, indoor basketball court, a café and spa as well as 400 pieces of cardiovascular and resistance training equipment.

The new facility is expected to create nearly 300 jobs.

A ribbon cutting and preview celebration takes place Thursday at 6 p.m.

The club opens for workouts, for “founder's members” Friday at 4 a.m. and for all members starting Tuesday.

Life Time Athletic Vaughan represents the company’s third Canadian location.

It currently boasts 117 centres in the United States.