Premier at Sawmill Athletic Club is closing on New Year s Eve after more than 40 years to make way for a redevelopment of the Northwest Side property.
In a social media posting Thursday, managers said the club will close Dec. 31, a move widely expected after property owners sought city permission to redevelop the property this year.
In the letter, Regan Koivisto, president of the Marquee Club Group, which operates Premier and two other central Ohio clubs, blamed the closing on the pandemic. The devastating effects of Governor DeWine s mandatory shutdown in March and the continued singling out of gyms as being high risk for COVID spread have created insurmountable losses, preventing us from continuing operations as a health and fitness club, Koivisto wrote.