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Texas-based chain of day spas is opening a franchise in Merchant's Row
on Woodward downtown. They have 17 other locations, and it's their first spa in
Michigan.
Woodhouse Spa will be a health spa and lifestyle
center with wellness programs, says general manager Leah Hudson,
daughter of franchisees Forest and Cheryl Hudson.
The spa should be open by the end of the summer, she says.
"We
are going to do more event-focused things, more than just being a day
spa," Hudson says. Events would include book signings, wine tastings,
and things that would interest downtown residents, including those who
live in the Lofts at Merchant's Row.
She said the residential
boom downtown, and the potential market in the same building, made the
location attractive. "I think we have a lot of potentional there. From
the feedback from the residents of the lofts, they have been so
positive and enthusiastic, so we feel like we’ve been welcome."
Check out Woodhouse's offerings at
woodhousespas.com.
This will be the second day spa to open downtown this year. The other,
Innergy, opened in February.
Source: Leah Hudson, Woodhouse Spa