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Powered by temporary generators since mid-February, Crunch Fitness Gym at the Deptford Mall is temporally closed while an underground electrical supply line project can be completed.
Based on Crunch’s 30-90 day estimate for the closing, Crunch Deptford could be closed until Mid-August.
Located in a separate building in the parking lot of the Deptford Mall, the announcement was made on May 13th that at the end of Thursday May 15th, the gym would temporarily close for up to three months.
Memberships for Deptford Crunch Fitness were temporarily transferred to the closest location which is Moorestown. Realizing the distance from Deptford to Moorestown is not ideal for some, the local Crunch franchise operator is also offering to cancel Deptford memberships… with the hopes that the members will return to Deptford (with no membership fee) when the gym reopens again later this summer.
I stopped over today to see that the gym is definitely closed and the large generator is still in place and running… but there are no signs of the underground electrical project starting just yet.
I’ve known about the closing since likely the day it happened, and I’ve heard from several members who expressed concerns and heard rumors questioning the status of Crunch Fitness.
From my research it does seem 100% truthful that there are electrical issues which need to be addressed.
Well very clearly there is a massive diesel-powered generator at the front of the building, with large supply cables going into a hole cut through the exterior wall… Feeding power to the building.
Secondly, the General Manager for the Deptford Crunch facility has been interacting with members on a Facebook group… where she strongly confirms the electrical issues with the building, and the plans to reopen the gym in 30-90 days after the electrical project work has been completed.
While I don’t have details of the cause of the electrical issue I do know that this large 30,000 square foot building in the Deptford Mall parking lot was originally the Sears Auto Center, which was an offering of the Sears Department store which used to operate in the mall (where Dick’s Sporting Goods and Round One are currently located).
There are no overhead power lines feeding into the separate Crunch gym building, and it seems the power to that gym building actually runs in underground cables connecting back to the mall building… possibly integrating into the Sears supply lines.
I’ve reached out to Mall Management to get a better understanding of the required repairs…. if there is a focused repair to be done or could this mean a larger “full trench back to the mall” effort.
Somewhat related, when I met the original Deptford Crunch Fitness owner five years ago I remember him telling me the internet connectivity for the gym building was also via an underground cable back to the mall.
At this point it seems the gym is closed until the full electrical construction project can take place.
Crunch Fitness Deptford – Temporarily Closed
1748 Deptford Center Road
Deptford NJ 08096
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