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Posted: April 28, 2023
Capital Group Properties arranges 3,000 s/f lease for Club Champion
Northborough, MA Club Champion, the leading provider of custom golf club fittings, has signed a lease for a new location at Northborough Crossing, a premier open-air retail development. Capital Group Properties arranged the lease signing for Club Champion. Club Champion will occupy 3,000 s/f, and the new studio is anticipated to open by late summer.
Club Champion offers a unique and personalized fitting experience for golfers of all skill levels, with over 50,000 club head and shaft combinations from all major equipment manufacturers. Their expert fitters use technology and training in tour-level fittings to help golfers achieve maximum performance.
Club Champion will join a diverse array of existing tenants comprised of national retailers and lifestyle tenants, including St. Vincent Medical Group, Pure Barre, Code Ninjas, Sport Clips, Margaritas, Mathnasium, Jimmy John’s, Anzio’s Brick Oven Pizza, Mooyah Burger and Fries, Anytime Fitness, and Asurion.
Northborough Crossing is an over 650,000 s/f mixed-use regional shopping center that is located at the intersection of Rte. 9 and Rte. 20. The property is anchored by Wegmans, BJ’s Wholesale Club, TJ Maxx, Home-sense, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and Kohl’s. Northborough Crossing also includes Avalon Northborough, a 375-unit luxury residential community.
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