We’ve heard the rumor for months, but we can finally post the news as it’s just been confirmed – LA Fitness will be opening in the space that formerly held Saar’s Marketplace (which closed last summer) in the Burien Town Plaza at SW 148th Street and 4th Ave SW.

Thanks to astute BTB Reader Tony Cochran, who forwarded this listing ^[1] to us:

Address: SW 148th Street and 4th Ave SW, Burien, WA 98166

GLA: 139,276 square feet

Anchored by LA Fitness, Bartell Drugs, Staples and Ace Hardware.

Located in an in-fill Seattle sub-market adjacent to the dense mixed-use Town Center square and the planned transit center currently accommodating 5,000 daily commuters (source/City of Burien).

Newly renovated neighborhood shopping center.

Junior anchor and shop space currently available.

“Yes – confirmed. Hope to have them open by the end of the year,” Jim Alexander, Vice President of Merlone Geier Partners told The B-Town Blog Wednesday (Feb. 20).

There are three LA Fitness gyms in the Seattle area, with the nearest located at 350 Baker Boulevard in Tukwila.