Former supermarket to be converted to state-of-the-art gym facility

A former Rochdale supermarket will be converted into a state-of-the-art gym facility following a deal with DSC Building and Maintenance on a 10-year lease.Manchester-based Hurstwood Holdings has let Orient One – a 19,668 sq ft building in the heart of Rawtenstall town centre – the to gym fit-out specialists.Quoting rental level for the building was at £120,000 per annum.The Bolton-based company, which counts JD Sports among its clients, plans to convert the former supermarket to create its second ‘Thrive’ gym, a state-of-the-art facility providing the latest work out equipment, a Pilates and a spinning studio as well as a healthy café.Hurstwood Holdings acquired the building, complete with 150 car parking spaces, in 2006 when it was operating as a Kwik Save supermarket before becoming a retail discount store.Situated on New Hall Hey Road in Rawtenstall, the building is also conveniently located straight off the M66.Last year, the property company won an appeal against Rossendale Borough Council securing planning permission to enable a change of use allowing it to also be used as a wedding venue.James Taylor, of Taylor Weaver, worked alongside Hurstwood Holdings to provide strategic advice.