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The Y Dropped the Map and Kept the Compass
One of North America's largest Ys traded a geographic name for a directional one - and kept doing the unglamorous work of raising kids, teaching swimming, and holding neighborhoods together.
The $12 Million Gym Bet: Onelife Is Turning the Neighborhood Club Into a Third Home
Onelife Fitness is wagering that the winning gym is neither a bare-bones box nor an exclusive country club. Its growing network sells something more practical: enough equipment, classes, recovery and family infrastructure to make showing up the easy part.
The Bay Club Company
The Bay Club Company is a membership-based active lifestyle and hospitality company headquartered in San Francisco. Founded in 1977 with the nation's first co-ed fitness club, it now operates a growing collection of resort-inspired clubs organized into regional campuses across the West Coast - the Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, and the Pacific Northwest. Built on four points of focus - fitness, sports, family, and hospitality - the company serves a community of 135,000-plus members with tennis, swimming, squash, golf, pickleball, group exercise, family programs, dining, and spa services. Backed by KKR, Bay Club is in an aggressive expansion phase, acquiring regional operators to scale toward 50-plus clubs and over 200,000 members.