Planet Fitness is opening a new location next to Shaw’s Supermarket on East Avenue in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

It’s been 10 years since there was a Planet Fitness in Lewiston. The national gym franchise is betting nearly $1 million that this time around will be a charm at 25 East Ave., in the Lewiston Crossing shopping center next to Shaw’s.

The city of Lewiston approved a permit in November for an estimated construction cost of $850,000 to renovate five spaces into one at the location, which includes new partitions and finishes, new plumbing and mechanical, and new electrical among other work.

Planet Fitness is touting its new gym on social media but has offered few details on what facilities and equipment will be in the new gym, when it will open and what hours it will operate under.

The owners of a recently opened Planet Fitness in Plattsburgh, New York, invested about $1 million into that project, according to Sun Community News. The article states the gym added 15 new cardio pieces, 15 new strength pieces, a PF 360 functional training area, a new CryoLounge+, remodeled shower area, and 6,500 additional square feet of gym floor.

Planet Fitness in Auburn remains open as the company expands into Lewiston, while next door, Big Lots is closing after a deal to buy the company fell through. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Planet Fitness has had mixed success in the Lewiston and Auburn market. The original Lewiston Planet Fitness at 40 East Ave. closed Nov. 23, 2013, consolidating to the Auburn location on Turner Street. The Planet Fitness Auburn Mall location became Orange Circuit Fitness a year later, leaving the area with no Planet Fitness until a new location opened in Auburn in January 2016, at 730 Center St., in the Auburn Plaza.

The Buzz reached out to Planet Fitness for more specifics on the Lewiston location but has not heard back from the company.

Planet Fitness has  locations in Bangor, Rockland, Augusta, Portland, South Portland, Falmouth, Waterville, Brunswick, Biddeford and Windham.

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