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Northfield Athletic Club, Snap Fitness Merging

The club will expand by 1,200 square feet into unused space in the building.

members will move to a third facility in less than a year as NAC will merge with competitor Snap Fitness.

NAC owner Bronko Lemke, the business last year and moved it to Heritage Square on Jefferson Road, told Patch on Monday that he bought out Tristan Cox's share of . Jamie Jerdee will continue as co-owner with Lemke. The new facility will be called Snap Fitness and Training Center, located at the current Snap Fitness location next to and .

The club will expand by 1,200 square feet into unused space in the building.

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Lemke said the new space will be used as a studio for exercise classes, suspension training, kettlebell, cycling, kickboxing, boot camps and teen weight-training classes.

The plan is to have the build out completed by early May for a grand opening.

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NAC members will become Snap members, Lemke said, which will give them access to the 24-hour facility Snap touts.

Lemke said the merger is a good business move when there is a saturated fitness market, like there is in Northfield.

Just last week, announced it by the end of the month. Owner Margaret Hoffman said the plan to shutter was for personal reasons, but a potential buyer has since emerged and the facility .

Editor's note: This article has been clarified to say Bronko Lemke bought Tristan Cox's share of Snap Fitness.

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