Lease is signed!

In just 6 short weeks the Whitman Wellness Center will open its doors.  The WWC will be home to 2 yoga studios (including HOT yoga), massage rooms, a fresh food cafe, smoothie bar, and a retail area that will allow locals to avoid the trip to Derby Street in order to pick up lux goods.


The space is completely raw and since its combining two lots in the building, its being completely built to our liking.  That definitely sounds like an ideal situation - moving into a place that is completely YOURS, but not until this past week did I realize what that actually involved.  I never thought I would need to know this much about duct work, building codes (who knew a massage room needed to be within 50 feet of a handsink?), electricity, power, health codes and X walls (walls that cannot be moved and are part of the structural soundness of a building).  All in all lease signing week worked out in the end.


Pre week set backs:
1) were told we couldn't move the X wall and needed to reconfigure the entire space
2) might still need to move the sink
3) thought we couldn't have a stove due to the restored building codes
4) one sleepless night post lease signing (the "what the heck did I just get myself into?" phase) 


Pre week PROS:
1) X wall got moved
2) massage rooms need to be near sinks, not full bathrooms (phew)
3) electric stove is approved (just not gas!) 
4) project plan is in place - 6 weeks is looking good
5) lease is SIGNED!


Check back in next week to see our progress!


-Antonia

Lee-Ann signing the lease!