David Lloyd Leisure accelerates its expansion as it add three more clubs to its portfolio

David Lloyd Leisure announces that it has acquired health, fitness and racquets clubs ABC Serrano and La Finca in Madrid. The news comes as it opened the doors to its new build club David Lloyd Bicester, which welcomed it first new members on Tuesday 20 September. Europe’s largest health and fitness group now operates 130 clubs, with 101 UK clubs and 29 in mainland Europe and continues to look for further acquisition and new build opportunities throughout Europe.

The group helps members to live life better with a focus on physical and mental wellbeing and a sense of belonging. Each new opening will see team members and members collaborate to make a positive impact on the local communities and environment where they are based.

It plans to invest over €10 million into upgrading the two new clubs in the Spanish capital, firmly positioning it as the leading health and fitness group in the region. Earlier this year David Lloyd Leisure acquired the former Club Santana site in Las Lomas, Madrid which it plans to refurbish and reopen by 2024. Once open, the club at Las Lomas will become the eighth operating club for the group in Spain. David Lloyd Leisure acquired its first club at Turo, Barcelona, and in 2017 successfully built and opened its first Madrid club in Aravaca. Last year it acquired three further clubs at Gava Mar near Barcelona, Malaga and Zaragoza from Grupo Accura.

La Finca is a spacious health and fitness club, located in a suburban area 20 minutes west of Madrid city centre, and will be transformed to offer a wide range of family-focused health, fitness and racquets facilities. It is complemented by city centre-located ABC Serrano club which occupies a prime site on four floors above the Centro Commercial ABC Serrano and will target affluent city professionals looking for high end fitness and wellness facilities closer to their workplace. The investment work in both clubs is planned to start next year, during which time they will remain open to members.

David Lloyd Bicester, Oxfordshire opened on 20 September 2022 and was forward-funded by Knight Frank Investment Manager (KFIM) and is the first of a new generation of clubs incorporating more green technology and a broader range of facilities such as padel tennis and additional space for outdoor group exercise. Earlier this year David Lloyd Leisure opened David Lloyd Cricklewood after a £5.5m investment of an existing site.

In addition, it is to open a further two new build clubs in the UK in the next two years. Construction on David Lloyd Edinburgh Shawfair, near Edinburgh, is underway with its opening planned for mid 2023. Funded with Scottish investment company Abrdn, this will be the operator’s third club in the Edinburgh area. June 2022 also saw work start on a new club in Warwickshire, David Lloyd Rugby, which is due to open in late spring 2022.

Earlier this year it also acquired Z2 in Modena which is its second club in Italy, in addition to David Lloyd Malaspina in Milan.

Glenn Earlam, David Lloyd Leisure’s Executive Chairman said: “The pandemic has certainly brought challenges for our industry, but with it has brought opportunity for growth and acquisition, and we look forward to bringing our world class facilities and expertise to new markets. Our members say their physical and mental wellbeing has never been more important to them. We have ambitious plans in place to grow and invest in the business and are open to discussions with property owners in the UK or mainland Europe looking to sell or collaborate.”

See www.davidlloyd.co.uk for more information.

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David Lloyd Leisure helps members to live life better with a focus on physical and mental wellbeing and a sense of belonging.

Our team and members collaborate to make a positive impact on the communities and environment in which we all want to thrive.

We are Europe’s largest health and fitness group operating 130 clubs - 101 clubs in the UK and a further 29 clubs across mainland Europe, comprising three brands David Lloyd Clubs, Harbour Clubs and Meridian Spa and Fitness in Germany.

We continually innovate to offer the best products and services for families and individuals in welcoming surroundings including state-of-the-art gyms, heated indoor and outdoor pools, top-class racquets facilities, well-equipped group exercise studios, luxurious spas, kids club facilities and crèches.

Our Clubrooms offer place to spend time with friends and family or enjoy a bite to eat, our clubs also feature large and inviting spaces to work, relax and socialise.

Our 710,000 members and nearly 10,000 team members make a positive impact on the communities and environment in which we operate.

We have an expert health and fitness team of over 2000 and more than 680 tennis professionals work with us. David Lloyd Clubs’ racquets facilities are unparalleled with over 1080 tennis courts as well as over 400 badminton and squash courts.