SHAPEXPRESS WILL OPEN NEW

WOMEN'S FITNESS CENTER IN WEST CHESTER, PA

    WEST CHESTER, PA.—ShapeXpress, a new fitness concept especially for women, will open its first center in the Delaware Valley at the Marketplace at Westtown, West Chester, PA, it was announced by Fameco Real Estate, based in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

    Fameco's Lisa Drake, who negotiated the 3,132 s.f. lease for the Tulsa, Ok.-based fitness center, said ShapeXpress will open in early September at the 115,064 s.f. shopping at 1502 West Chester Pike, which is anchored by Clemens Market and Eckerd Drugs.  

    Fameco Real Estate is the Delaware Valley's foremost real estate firm in the retail sector.  Fameco specializes in retailer representation, owner representation, investment sales and management services in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and beyond.  The firm is the exclusive representative for 70 shopping centers and retail properties totaling 13 million square feet in the tri-state area, manages 7 million s.f. of retail space nationwide, and exclusively represents more than 55 retailers expanding in the Delaware Valley.  Fameco's Investment Sales Team has completed transactions in excess of $1 billion.  Fameco is the ChainLinks member shareholder in the Delaware Valley. The nation's largest retail-only real estate provider, ChainLinks encompasses 60 regional brokerage firms in the U.S. and Canada.     

 Sept 1, 2006