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A former Orangetheory studio on Crosby Street is about to get a lot warmer.
BODY Hot Pilates, a young studio brand from South Florida, plans to open at 62 Crosby Street in early December, co-founder Chris Meade told WhatNow. Meade runs the company with his wife, Lyndsey Meade.
The space was previously home to an Orangetheory Fitness studio.
BODY’s classes last 50 minutes and pair Pilates moves and resistance work with infrared heat, according to the company’s website. The room is heated to between 95 and 99 degrees. The workouts are built around high-rep, low-impact movements, and the class menu includes a signature hot Pilates session plus Sculpt, Arms & Abs and Abs & Buns. The company also runs a teacher training program.
Meade pitched the workout as one for every fitness level. He told WhatNow that people in class can ease up or put down their weights whenever they need to, with no judgment.
The brand currently runs studios in Aventura, Coral Gables, Sarasota and Midtown Miami, and it’s already selling founding memberships in New York. Here’s the SoHo location page.
Meade told WhatNow the SoHo studio will be the brand’s fifth and its largest, with room for up to 35 people per class and a separate lobby for members. He said the studio will also partner with local brands. The business, just 18 months old, is “booming right now,” he said.
SoHo is only the start of the couple’s New York plans. A Downtown Brooklyn studio at 71 Smith Street is slated for mid-December, and more openings are planned for the first half of 2027.
