Sports & Recreation

A chain of North Carolina climbing gyms is ascending into the local market, as it finalizes its purchase of the former Richmond Athletic Club building.

The course, on 131 acres about 65 miles west of Richmond, will be offered for sale as its ownership group — which includes a well-known local developer — hopes a buyer will bring it back to life.

The largest and most visible piece of a local indoor sports facility’s $2.5 million expansion is ready for action.

Following recent arrivals to the fitness market in Church Hill and the Fan, the West End soon will have a new place where Richmonders can get in shape.

A long-vacant building that once sold Goldfish crackers soon will house a Goldfish of a different sort.

A physical therapy company with a heavy Richmond presence has been acquired by a neighboring business in the Mid-Atlantic.

The shop manager of a Henrico fitness studio plans to bike in a 3,000-mile race in support of the locally based Cameron K. Gallagher Foundation.

A portfolio of golf courses between Richmond and Williamsburg is up for grabs, as its owner looks to focus more on out-of-town properties.

By way of Willow Lawn, a year-old local fitness studio is bringing a taste of the niche fitness market to the Fan.