SAN JOSE — Life Time, a company that describes itself as an “athletic country club,” has signed a lease for a site occupied by Best Buy at Santana Row in San Jose, saying it hopes to open more Bay Area locations.
Life Time leased a building at the southeast corner of Stevens Creek Boulevard and South Winchester Boulevard for its fitness- and health-oriented country club, according to documents filed on May 28 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office.
“Santana Row is a great location,” said Meghan Akradi, a vice president of real estate with Life Time. “It’s hard to do better than Santana Row in terms of iconic properties.”
The building at 3090 Stevens Creek Blvd. is 60,000 square feet and is two stories, according to commercial real estate database Property Shark. The initial term of the lease is 15 years, Santa Clara County property documents show.
“This is a market where we’ve wanted to be for many years,” Akradi said. “We hope to open our San Jose location during the first half of 2027. It depends on how quickly we can get permits.”
The only Bay Area location for Life Time currently is in downtown Walnut Creek at 1315 Broadway Plaza.
The future San Jose location is expected to feature an array of amenities, according to Life Time.
“We will have great fitness areas, fitness studios, personal training sites, yoga, pilates, cafe, work lounges, a sauna, and hot tubs,” Akradi said. “We will have a kids’ academy.”
Minnesota-based Life Time takes a different approach to fitness than is the case with typical health clubs in the country, according to company executives.
“Members are calling us a country club without the golf,” said Natalie Bushaw, a spokesperson for Life Time.
In March, Fast Company placed Life Time at No. 23 on its list of the 50 most innovative companies of 2025.
“It goes much further than a typical gym,” Bushaw said. “Life Time takes a holistic approach to health, wellness, recovery and fitness. People can literally spend all day at Life Time, and they do.”
Life Time operates at least 175 athletic country clubs that have an average size of 100,000 square feet, according to the company’s website.
“It’s like a Four Seasons resort every time you walk into one of our country clubs,” Akradi said.
The company has 1.4 million members and 41,000 employees. Life Time also has at least 150 kids’ academy locations.
Life Time executives believe the company’s approach can capitalize on post-pandemic attitudes to staying healthy.
“Our company has come back stronger than ever,” Akradi said. “We are exceeding our pre-COVID member engagement, member satisfaction and member attention.”
Over the one-year period that ended in March, Life Time posted a profit of $207.5 million, an increase of 182.3%, or nearly triple the profits over the similar 12-month period the year before.
Revenue over the year-long period ending in March totaled $2.73 billion, an increase of 18.6% from the same period the prior year, according to Finance Charts.
“People are clearly emphasizing their health and wellness,” Akradi said. “We feel well positioned to continue to serve those people.”
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