MarketWatch:
Lucille Roberts, a visionary fitness icon and pioneer of women’s health clubs with nearly 50 company-owned clubs in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, announced today it has signed an agreement with franchise industry veterans Jerry Cohn and David Tannen to develop 50 plus health club franchises throughout Florida and Georgia.
Boca Raton, FL-based Cohn and Tannen, who have a 35-year successful track record in franchise development with Century 21 Real Estate and more than 250 Pak Mail locations in the southeast, are poised to rapidly expand the Lucille Roberts footprint in the region. They are currently seeking entrepreneurs to invest in or own new Lucille Roberts franchised locations in a fitness industry that generates more than $20 billion in revenue a year and has produced a 231 percent increase in memberships over the last decade.