National chain CorePower Yoga to open 2 new studios on Long Island

National yoga fitness chain CorePower Yoga is planning to break into the Long Island market, with two new studios in Nassau less than 10 miles apart.

Denver-based CorePower plans to open a studio at 333 Warner Ave. in Roslyn in late summer, said Tessa Heath, director of real estate for the chain. The studio will occupy nearly 2,600 square feet on the lower floor of the mixed-use residential building.

The company also has leased a roughly 3,400-square-foot space at The Gallery at Westbury Plaza, at 900 Old Country Rd., in Garden City. CorePower plans to open that studio by the end of 2026, Heath said.

The two locations on Long Island are part of CorePower's continued expansion on the East Coast. The chain has more than 220 locations across 22 states, plus Washington, D.C., and expands amid a growth of boutique fitness retailers on the Island, feeding into a national fitness craze.

“The fitness and wellness category is one of the fastest-growing segments of retail leasing in suburban markets like Long Island,” said Melissa Naeder, a senior director at the commercial real estate brokerage Cushman & Wakefield. “Go on social media and you’ll see someone doing a workout or some fitness person you like to follow. They’re really helping grow this segment.”

Expanding beyond the tristate area

Construction at the Roslyn location began in February, Heath said. CorePower plans to build two rooms for its classes, ranging from yoga to weight training.

Memberships range from $165 to $259 a month, according to Karolina Kielbowicz, vice president of brand marketing at CorePower.

The company usually spends around $1 million to build one studio, including for soundproofing the fitness space, Heath said.

Heath said the proximity of the locations will make it easier to recruit teachers. Each location needs between 30 and 35 part-time yoga instructors, she added.

CorePower instructors were reportedly considering unionizing last month to demand higher wages, which range from $27 to $112 per class, The Cut reported. Heath declined to comment on the union drive.

While the Roslyn location is in a dense residential area, the Garden City location is on a busy thoroughfare and will help advertise CorePower to consumers, Heath added.

“We’re hoping that those two play off of each other really well," Heath said.

Heath said the company plans to expand to upstate New York and New Jersey.

“The success of Manhattan and Brooklyn alone has just justified the need to grow in the tristate area,” Heath said.

CorePower secured permits from the Town of North Hempstead for the work on its Roslyn studio, including a parking variance, and has applied for a variance for the Garden City location, Heath said. Town officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the new location.

Fitness stretches out on LI

CorePower is among a handful of fitness and wellness businesses cropping up on Long Island.

In the past six months, Bodybar Pilates studio opened its first location in Melville, and Hotworx, an infrared sauna gym, announced plans to open in the Station Yards shopping hub in September. A new gym, [solidcore], in Huntington Station opened at 160 Walt Whitman Rd. in January, according to Emma Celentano, a company spokesperson.

These businesses are growing both because of greater national interest in fitness and because Long Island’s aging population is looking for ways to stay fit, Naeder said.

“People are looking for a lower impact workout, while still adding strength, balance, mobility, core, and that’s where Pilates and yoga are doing well," Naeder said.

Nationally, the number of Americans who are members at a fitness studio has grown in the past three years after a steep drop during the pandemic, said Anton Severin, vice president of research for the Health & Fitness Association, a Washington, D.C.-based trade organization representing fitness companies.

In 2024, the last year for which data is available, 77 million Americans were members of a fitness studio, up from 64.2 million in 2019, according to a 2025 report from Health & Fitness. New York has the highest share of residents who are members of fitness studios nationwide, at roughly 30% of the state’s population in 2024, Severin said.

He expects studio membership to increase in 2026, though he said a lot of growth is because Americans are joining cheaper gyms, such as Crunch Fitness and Planet Fitness. The median price for a gym membership was $38 in 2024, according to Health & Fitness Association data, far less than CorePower’s memberships.