Bradenton is about to have a lot more squat racks. EōS Fitness is moving into two Manatee County locations, including one taking over the former Big Lots space at Cortez Commons and another planned near 14th Street West and Cortez Road West, as the national gym chain keeps expanding across the Gulf Coast.
The Cortez Commons gym came together after EōS signed a lease for the vacant Big Lots storefront, according to a Business Observer report from June 2025, which put the space at 40,920 square feet. Terms of that lease were not disclosed, the outlet noted. EōS’s own location page lists a Bradenton gym at 5584 Cortez Road West as scheduled to open in 2026, but the Business Observer report pegged the Cortez Commons gym’s opening for 2027 — a discrepancy that remains unresolved between the two sources.
A second Bradenton site, near 14th Street West and Cortez Road West, was identified in an August report from WhatNow, which also referenced another planned location near 44th Avenue West and 59th Street West in Bradenton. Per EōS’s own gym page, its Bradenton enrollment center is already open on the northeast side of 59th Street West and 44th Avenue West, and the company is advertising special Phase One pricing for the 5584 Cortez Road West club that ends Thursday.
Part of a Broader Tampa Bay Push
The WhatNow report said EōS plans four new Tampa Bay gyms by the end of the year: two in Bradenton, plus one apiece in Oldsmar and St. Petersburg. That rollout follows a wave of Gulf Coast growth the company touted in 2025, when the Business Observer reported EōS had already opened seven gyms in the region and had five more in the pipeline — including a lease for a 39,801-square-foot former Walmart Neighborhood Market space in Pinellas Park.
The Bradenton additions are part of a much larger national build-out. In an April press release, EōS said it opened three new gyms and signed 11 new leases in the first quarter of 2026 alone, while reinvesting $10 million into its existing clubs during that same stretch. The company also said it had acquired 14 gyms across Arizona, California, Florida and Texas as part of that growth push.
Eyeing 250 Gyms by 2030
EōS said in its April announcement that it had more than 225 locations either open or on the way, with a stated goal of operating 250 gyms nationwide by 2030. The two Bradenton clubs fit into that broader strategy of leasing, opening and acquiring gyms across multiple states rather than any single regional expansion.
Manatee County residents can expect two more EōS locations to join the company’s growing Gulf Coast footprint, with the precise timing still a bit of a moving target.
