Mark Wahlberg-backed gym to make Florida debut in Tampa

Marky Mark is set to bring some good vibrations to one of downtown Tampa’s latest luxury residential towers, developers announced Thursday — this time in the form of a high-intensity gym outfitted with everything from IV therapy and golf simulators to eucalyptus-infused towels. 

Actor, producer, businessman and former frontman Mark Wahlberg will open a new branch of Municipal Gym, the premium fitness club he co-founded with EōS Fitness, inside developer LD&D’s mixed-use tower DoMo at Cass Square. At 1110 E. Cass St., in the Encore and Tempo district of downtown Tampa, it will be the first Municipal Gym in Florida and the second to open anywhere in the country outside of its flagship Las Vegas location. 

The deal gives Miami-based developer LD&D an anchor tenant for its planned $200 million mixed-use tower. 

The premium longevity-focused fitness and recovery club signed a 30,000-square-foot lease inside the planned 27-story, 360-apartment tower, the announcement says, occupying roughly three-quarters of the development’s 40,000 square feet of retail space. 

An opening date for the gym was not disclosed. 

“Expanding into Tampa is an exciting milestone for Municipal Gym and an important step in where we’re taking the brand,” Manzo Hodge, the company’s co-chair and CEO, says in the release.

Inspired by the actor’s signature “four training” philosophy, Municipal Gym will feature high-performance training facilities, outdoor workout areas and an extensive lineup of recovery and longevity offerings, the release says. Training facilities will include strength equipment, a 15,000-square-foot turf area and a golf simulator. A full-body circuit training room called the 4:AM Club takes its inspiration from Wahlberg’s own workout regimen.

Designed by Baker Barrios Architects, DoMo’s latest plans call for 27 stories of luxury apartments ranging from studios to three-bedroom units alongside 330 market-rate apartments and 30 integrated workforce housing units. The tower will also house a 10-story, 178-key Element by Westin hotel, according to its website, and a 574-space parking podium.