Local Business Owners Look to Build New Fitness Facility

A group of business partners is moving forward with plans to turn an 11-acre parcel of land bordering Airport Road in Deer Park into the home of future athletic facilities, according to co-owner Adam Smith. The land at 2100 E. 6th Street was purchased by Northpoint Community and Athletic Complex LLC for $347,700 in December 2022, according to Spokane County Records. Smith, the registered agent for the LLC, is also the owner of three SMASH Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu locations, including one in Deer Park, as well as FloState Café in Deer Park. Smith said the athletic facility project involves himself and two business partners, Jeff Masters and Ashley Greer. Masters is the owner of Masters Brewhouse in Deer Park and Greer has been a longtime coach at Smith’s Jiu-Jitsu facilities. Neither responded to comment requests by press time. The effort recently got a new push forward. “We have a new investor interested in helping us get going,” Smith said. The new investors are Colton and Crista Bridges, Smith said, residents of Deer Park. Smith said he was hoping to build a combination community center and fitness facility, but said the airport overlay on the property requires several smaller buildings instead. “The zoning on the property doesn’t allow one big building,” he said. Smith plans to start the project with a fitness facility that will house his Deer Park Jiu-Jitsu location as well as other fitness related businesses. “We’ve had interest with some other fitness businesses moving in with us,” he said. He said he still wants to build a separate building on the site to serve as a community center, adding that the possibil- ities for the building are endless. “Everybody keeps pushing us to put a pool out there, but I don’t know if we can do that,” he said. Smith said he en- visions other uses for the site as well, includ- ing perhaps a basket- ball court or pickleball courts. The property is also zoned for brewer- ies, he said. “That area is going to grow quite big with all the development on the back end of the air- port,” he said. Smith said the city has not granted any building permits yet, but he’s met with city officials to discuss zoning and the design of the project. “We’ve been working on the design process,” he said. The business partners hope to finish construc- tion on the first building by the end of the year, Smith said. “We’re ex- cited to do something unique for the commu- nity,” he said.