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Old docks might be getting a second life.
This HYROX facility in Germany is built along the Danube, with a training footprint of only about 2,150 square feet reportedly handling 100+ athletes per day.
And I think it points to a bigger real estate opportunity: the wellness dock.
Coastlines are full of old boathouses, fisheries, wharves and industrial waterfront infrastructure built for yesterday’s economy.
Instead of demolishing it, reprogram it.
Turf. Sauna. Cold plunge. Running. Swimming. Recovery. Coffee.
A fishing dock monetized the water based on what you could take out of it.
A wellness dock monetizes the same water because people will pay just to be next to it.
Same shoreline. Different economy.
Maybe the valuable part of an old dock isn’t the building.
It’s the address.
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Transcript
This is sick. Europe has apparently discovered an entirely new purpose for docks, burpees. This is one stronger riverside in Germany, and you good think of this as a community high rocks gym sitting directly on the Danube River, where you can run, push sleds, do wall walls, all while watching the beautiful German sunset, then stare at your Garmin and discuss quarters all levels with some guy named Lucas. But what I love about this is the much bigger real estate play that it is opening up globally. Over the next decade, we're gonna continue to see a rise in something known as wellness doc franchises. Let's be real, most coastal cities are filled with old fishing harbors, wharves, and industrial space that was once used for industries that have completely moved on. And weirdly, they have everything that wellness wants. Water fixtures, outdoor spaces, high ceilings, the thing is built for primal instinct. And I can't tell you how many people out here in San Diego that wanna go for a quick splash after a workout. Old fishing docks monetize the water based upon what they could take out of it. The future instead will monetize by bringing people closer to the better. Same shoreline, entirely different economy. If you're building something similar to this or any other real estate concept in sport, make sure to comment, connect down below, and follow-up for more.