Fitness retailer Fit2Run is relocating to a new downtown St. Pete site as its existing bright yellow building will be demolished as part of a planned redevelopment.

Fit2Run, a family-owned Bradenton-based business selling footwear and apparel for runners, has inked a lease to occupy ground floor space at the Camden Central apartment complex, located at 855 Central Avenue in St. Pete's Central Arts District.

The fitness retailer plans to reopen in April.

The relocation from the 256 2nd Street North storefront, which the retailer has operated since 2012, comes as Delray Beach-based Kolter Group plans to build a 14-story, 192-room Tempo by Hilton hotel at the site. 

Fit2Run has over 20 stores throughout Florida, specializing in matching runners to the right shoes for their training needs.

The new St. Pete store will include Fit2Run’s signature running track, a bike shop with sales and service, and an eight-seat bar with six taps filled with local beers.

The business also offers professional coaching and social events. In St. Pete and Tampa, Fit2Run hosts a training program to prepare runners for the annual Skyway 10K race, a 6.2-mile course spanning from the south to the north end of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. 

At Camden Central, Fit2Run will occupy 6,191 square feet, filling the last remaining ground-floor retail unit. The running superstore will join Bohemios Wine and Bar, Tweeds Suit Shop, J. Fiore’s Contemporary Steakhouse, BODYROK, Top Buttons, and Watts Dental on the ground floor of Camden Central.

The only remaining commercial space at Camden Central is 4,095 square feet of office space on the upper floors of the adjoining historic Union Trust bank building.

Miami-based real estate firm Tricera Capital and partner Cudlob Capital acquired all 35,000 square feet of retail space at Camden Central, including the ground-floor retail space and historic bank building, in July 2021.

"These new tenants all selected Camden Central for their relocation and expansion into downtown St. Petersburg,” Tricera Capital’s President and Head of Leasing Dustin Ballard said in a prepared statement.

"Their respective retail visions and belief in the evolution of Central Avenue reinforces our company’s long-term belief in St. Pete, which continues to attract many new professionals and businesses. Camden Central is especially appealing to retailers and food-and-beverage operators given the mixed-use nature of the project as well as the visibility along Central Avenue. We would like to thank all who were involved in making the lease-up of this project a reality."

Erica Waltermire and Jaclyn Langholz of Colliers represented Tricera Capital in the Fit2Run lease transaction.