{"id":1030021,"date":"2026-08-28T18:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030021\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T18:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:56:46","slug":"b-town-biz-planet-fitness-plans-new-burien-gym-in-former-value-village-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030021\/","title":{"rendered":"B-TOWN BIZ: Planet Fitness plans new Burien gym in former Value Village space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A former Burien thrift store is getting a workout, as Planet Fitness prepares to open a new gym in the old Value Village space at 131 SW 157th Street.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/b-townblog.com\/b-town-biz-value-village-announces-permanent-closure-of-burien-location-nov-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">previously reported<\/a><\/strong>, Value Village closed on Nov. 15, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national fitness chain lists that location on its\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetfitness.com\/gyms\/burien-wa?referralCode=3F91F38W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">official website<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0as \u201ccoming soon,\u201d and invites prospective members to sign up for email updates, promotions and service information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Planet Fitness has not yet listed an opening date for its Burien location on its website. The company says the new location will include exercise equipment, locker rooms, fitness training included with membership and its Black Card Spa amenities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new gym would bring another national tenant to downtown Burien, filling a large, empty retail space near other businesses and services along the SW 157th Street corridor.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/b-townblog.com\/author\/admin\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-added-loading=\"\" data-od-added- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@id='page']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::SECTION]\/*[1][self::MAIN]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::ARTICLE]\/*[3][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::A]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-lazy- alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-cropped-BTB-TheBClockIcon-80x80.png\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tSince 2007, The B-Town Blog is Burien\u2019s multiple award-winning hyperlocal news\/events website dedicated to independent journalism.\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/b-townblog.com\/author\/admin\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by B-Town Blog Staff\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Burien thrift store is getting a workout, as Planet Fitness prepares to open a new gym&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1030022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[38],"tags":[411873,411874,411875,411876,411877,411878,411879,411880,411881,411882,411883,1198,411884,13160,210,57282,411885,411886,411887,411888,411889,411890,411891,411892,411893,67,132,68,411894,411895],"class_list":["post-1030021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-131-sw-157th-st-burien","tag-auburn-wa","tag-burien","tag-burien-business-opening","tag-burien-commercial-development","tag-burien-fitness-center","tag-burien-gym","tag-burien-retail-space","tag-burien-wa","tag-des-moines-wa","tag-downtown-burien-business-news","tag-fitness","tag-former-value-village-burien","tag-gym","tag-health","tag-kent-wa","tag-new-gym-in-burien","tag-normandy-park-wa","tag-planet-fitness-burien","tag-planet-fitness-coming-soon-burien","tag-planet-fitness-south-king-county","tag-planet-fitness-washington","tag-seatac-wa","tag-south-king-county-gyms","tag-tukwila-wa","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-value-village-burien-closed","tag-white-center"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1030022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}