On the move: After more than 20 years in business, local personal training company Future Fitness has announced plans to relocate to a newer and larger facility on Jefferson Highway. Expanding just a few blocks away from its original location at 674 Caddo St., Future Fitness will move into a 6,300-square-foot space at 1650 Jefferson Highway that recently was purchased by owner Chris Gendusa. Gendusa is finalizing plans for the new space, and construction is expected to begin next month. Future Fitness plans to open its doors in the new building next January and will operate out of its current site until then. “We are thrilled to expand into a new space that allows us to better serve our clients and continue to grow at the same time,” says Gendusa in a press release.
Konnichiwa: Rock-n-Sake is set to open a new restaurant in Lafayette’s upscale River Ranch development. The Advertiser reports Rock-n-Sake, which opened its first location in the Warehouse District of New Orleans in 1998 and has had a restaurant in the Perkins Road overpass neighborhood since 2010, has purchased a building in the mixed-use development. Tisbee Dantin, one of the partners of the restaurant, says they’ve been searching for the right location in Lafayette for a few years now. “We just like the feel of River Ranch, of the little community with the mix of retail and residential,” Dantin says. She adds that the owners hope to have the restaurant open by the end of the year.
Brewing: Bayou Teche Brewery in Arnaudville steadily has been growing in reputation since its inception five years ago, and now it will be growing in size. KATC-TV reports the brewery’s owners plan to expand the brewery by about 5,000 square feet in a project that will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. “The Louisiana market is expanding,” says co-founder and owner Karlos Knott. “So we’re having to make more and more just for Acadiana and for New Orleans and Baton Rouge and north Louisiana. And we’re in Texas now. That’s another big state. We’re in six other states and in Quebec (Canada).” The brewer will make room for more equipment, increased brewing capacity and the potential for new brews.
