Status Update: Life Time Brea Athletic Country Club opens at Brea Mall

Life Time, the gym known for its vast luxury amenities, has opened Brea Athletic Country Club within the Brea Mall.

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The 85,000-square-foot facility spans 3 acres of the newly redeveloped, Simon-owned mall. The facility is located on the retail center’s northeastern edge along South Randolph Avenue.

The company designed the gym with a resort look and feel, with indoor and outdoor spaces for workouts and recovery.

Life Time Brea comes with a lap pool, leisure pool, waterslides, cabanas and outdoor dining and bar service. Pickleball fans will find five courts, two outdoor and three indoor. Workout spaces feature a sprawling fitness floor with cardio and strength-training equipment.

Training programs offered include GTX, Alpha, Ultra Fit and in-demand CTR (Core Tone Reform) athletic reformer workout

After a workout, members can use HydroMassage and CryoLounge chairs, Normatec compression therapy devices, and Hyperice vibration therapy tools in the recovery rooms. Locker rooms at Life Time are called “luxury dressing rooms” and include water-therapy suites with sauna, steam, whirlpool and cold plunge facilities.

There’s also a spa setting featuring treatment rooms for hair, nails, massage and skincare. A bar and lounge offer food and a social gathering space. And for anyone who wants to work and then workout, there’s a co-working area for remote work.

For members with children, a kids academy space offers programs, camps and supervised care for kids ages 3 months to 11.

Memberships are $349 per person monthly. A family of four with two adults and two children over age 11 runs $719 monthly, according to Life Time’s website.

Call Life Time for more information at call 714-988-1980. The Brea facility is open from 4 a.m. to midnight.

The publicly traded Life Time is owned and run by Chief Executive Bahram Akradi from Chanhassen, Minnesota. The Brea facility is the fourth Life Time facility for Orange County and the 10th in the state. It operates 195 fitness clubs across the U.S. and Canada.

Address: 1600 Brea Mall Road

Dana Point Harbor market shifts

Dana Point Harbor has extended the weekday Certified Farmers Market, which launched last September.

The harbor market is now located at a surface parking lot just outside of the harbor’s parking structure, adjacent to The Wharf.

It will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays throughout the next phase of harbor construction.

Dana Point Harbor Partners is redeveloping the county-owned harbor, with costs now estimated at more than $600 million. The work features a new marina, which is 70% complete, a commercial area under construction, and hotel space. The two proposed hotels, which were approved by the city of Dana Point and the California Coastal Commission, hit a roadblock in late June after county supervisors delayed voting on a new ground lease at the harbor.

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Vendors include Black Sheep Farms, Baba Foods, Bee Ladies Honey, Brodino Broth, Chaupain Bakery, Dallas Blooms, Little Herd Tallow, Kokomoo Milks, among others.

For more information about the market and participating vendors, go to farmandcraftmarket.com/danapointharbor

Address: 799 Harbor Way, Dana Point, 92629

NFL QB returns to OC for football camp

NFL quarterback and Mater Dei High alum Bryce Young is hosting a football camp for boys and girls ages 7-14 on Sunday, July 19 at his former high school in Santa Ana.

Hosted through Young’s foundation, the Young 9 Foundation, the camp will feature the Carolina Panthers QB and Heisman Trophy winner working with participants through hands-on coaching, football fundamentals, position drills, skills stations, and group discussions designed to encourage teamwork, resilience, and personal growth.

In addition to athletic development, a big focus of the camp will be mental health awareness and personal well-being.

Tickets are roughly $73 per participant. Address: 1202 W Edinger Ave.

Link to sign up and buy tickets: prosportplex.com/brycesantaana

Girls Inc. students get STEM day at Allergan

Ten high school students with Girls Inc. Orange County got an immersive STEM experience at Allergan Aesthetics, a division of the Allergan Medical Institute Orange County.

The “career exploration experience” was part of the nonprofit’s Girls Meet the Workforce initiative. Allergan Aesthetics did its part to help inspire the next generation of women pursuing careers in STEM, be it in technology, healthcare or medical aesthetics.

Students got a behind-the-scenes tour of the AMI Orange County Training Center in Irvine, exploring spaces its Skincare Bar, Allē Bar, treatment rooms and photography studio. They also got lessons in how science and innovation, plus creativity all “intersect to advance patient care and provider education.”

On the move

Andrew Fahmy is the new president and chief executive of NeighborWorks Orange County, effective July 6. The nonprofit works on expanding affordable housing, homeownership and financial empowerment for residents in Orange County. Fahmy succeeds Helen O’Sullivan, who retired after a decade in the position. Fahmy is an Orange County native who most recently, led Orange County United Way’s United for Financial Security initiative. He also serves on the Orange County Workforce Development Board, representing the Fourth Supervisorial District.

Andres Garcia is a new senior project director and vice president specializing in aviation at HNTB Corp., an architectural and infrastructure design firm in Santa Ana. He has more than 40 years of experience in airport development, including planning, design, program and project management, construction management and alternative delivery for large-scale aviation infrastructure. Garcia was a key leader in the O’Hare Modernization Program, among the largest airport redevelopment efforts in the United States.

Kaitlin Kines joined the law firm Venable LLP as a partner in its Corporate Group in Orange County. Her experience spans advising private equity sponsors, growth equity investors, financial institutions, family offices, and companies on mergers and acquisitions. Previously she was a partner at Paul Hastings and before that was an associate at Goodwin, according to her LinkedIn profile.

On board

Mark Nielsen is the new chair of the board of directors at Pacific Symphony, effective July 1. He succeeds Arthur Ong. Nielsen has served on board for more than 15 years, holding a variety of roles, most recently executive vice chair. He was the mayor of San Juan Capistrano from 2008-2009.

Status Update is compiled and written by Business Editor Samantha Gowen. Submit items and high-resolution photos to [email protected]. Allow at least one week for publication. Items are edited for length and clarity.

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