Sabre Real Estate Group arranges 16,707 s/f lease for blink fitness in Route 22 retail center in Union, N.J.

Sabre Real Estate Group LLC, the metropolitan region's newest retail brokerage, has arranged a lease in Union, N.J., on behalf of Blink Fitness, the affordable national gym chain. Blink Fitness, whose prototype unit was designed by architect and scenic designer David Rockwell, leased 16,707 s/f in the Route 22 Retail Center at 2700 U.S. 22 in Union N.J. The new gym is expected to open by Q2 2014 The center is owned by DDR Corp., a self-administered and self-managed, publicly traded real estate investment trust. "This is a terrific location for Blink, a power center whose tenants include Target, Petco, Babies R Us and Dick's Sporting Goods," said Scott Sher, senior vice president of Sabre. Sabre is Blink's exclusive real estate broker for New Jersey and Long Island, NY.