CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA (MPG) - A call for bids for the construction of a new 36,152-square-foot City Sport Club to open in Sunrise Village in Citrus Heights opened on February 2^nd with an expected construction start date of March 2023, according to a listing recently published by Construction Journal, a trade journal, on its website.

The overall project is valued at $2 million in overall interior tenant improvements including construction of pool and spa spaces.

The start of construction of City Sport Club located right next door to the Rite Aid drug store coincides with the completion of overall exterior façade work by Moorefield Construction, a family-owned general contractor, with offices in Sacramento and Santa Ana. The work has included rebuilding the exterior walls of multiple free standing commercial spaces within Sunrise Village Plaza.

Moorefield Construction completed the gutting and reconstruction of all the existing commercial spaces within the Sunrise Village Shopping Center and building of new space for two new anchor tenants, City Sport, and a retail grocery store.

A 38,000-square foot grocery commercial space to the right of Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts is nearing completion, but its name has yet to be publicly disclosed.

Sunrise Village Plaza, at the corner of Madison Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard in Citrus Heights is owned by the San Francisco-based Merlone-Geier investment company. The center is undergoing a $15-20 million remodeling and expansion project which also includes new landscaping and upgraded signage. Asphalt paving of the center parking lot has finished, and landscaping work has now begun.

City Sport Club is operated by Irvine-based Fitness International LLC, the same entity that operates the LA Fitness chain of health clubs.

The Bay Area-based City Sport Club has locations open in Antioch, Concord and Hayward, with its first local club in the Sacramento area at 5114 Arden Way in Carmichael. Another new facility is scheduled to open soon in Elk Grove.

The new Citrus Heights City Sport Club is expected to be double the size of its Carmichael location. Membership pre-sale is likely to open in April with a targeted opening date in late July, said a regional representative who spoke by phone.

Some retail stores in the plaza, located along Madison Avenue, including a Little Caesar’s pizza, a coin-op laundry and a liquor store remained open during the recent construction. Completion of additional exterior work on the retail locations of Habit Burger, Sourdough & Company and Teriyaki to Go continues to move forward, according to Larry Moorefield, which was delayed by recent winter rains.

The public can view Merlone-Geier’s general project brochure at: https://merlonegeier.propertycapsule.com/p/commercial-real-estate-listings/Citrus+Heights-CA-95610/sunrisevillage