Huntington Beach / Coastal Orange County
Fitness in HB clusters at Bella Terra (mixed-use Residences feed daily traffic, 96% leased center), Pacific City (boutique formats serving affluent ocean-adjacent residents), and along Beach/Edinger for big-box. The 193k-resident base supports multiple boutique and big-box footprints.
Population
193,171
Median HHI
$120,919
Median age
45.2
Homeownership
55.4%
Primary retail corridors
Beach Boulevard · Pacific Coast Highway · Main Street · Edinger Avenue · Adams Avenue · Warner Avenue
Specific shopping centers in Huntington Beach that already carry credible co-tenancy for this use. Listed in approximate order of fit.
7777 Edinger Avenue
Anchors / key tenants: Whole Foods, Costco, Kohl's, REI, Ulta Beauty, The Cheesecake Factory
Size: 853,000 SF
PGIM-owned regional center, ≈96.8% leased. Whole Foods anchors the grocery; Costco holds a ground lease. Recent reuse: Staples closed in early 2023 and was redeveloped into Ulta Beauty. Mixed-use Residences component adds steady weekday foot traffic.
21010 Pacific Coast Highway
Anchors / key tenants: oceanfront mixed-use lifestyle center
Oceanfront mixed-use center across PCH from the pier. Boutique shopping, full-service and casual dining, and a weekend farmer's market. The premium visitor-and-resident destination in HB.
Beach Boulevard / Edinger Avenue
Anchors / key tenants: big-box, automotive, and value-tier retail corridor
Heavy traffic-count corridor with big-box, value, automotive, and casual restaurant pattern. Daily-needs and service-retail leasing here looks very different than Pacific City or Main Street.
01
Bella Terra slab, ceiling, and HVAC. Power-center retail shells need engineering review for HIIT, pilates, hot yoga, or recovery formats.
02
Class-peak parking at Bella Terra collides with Costco/Whole Foods peaks; walk lot at peak.
03
Use clause specificity for the exact format. Beach Blvd/Edinger centers often carry mainstream-fitness exclusives.
04
Coastal-adjacent affluent customers expect premium boutique pricing; rent must pencil against $50–$150/mo membership models.
05
Shower/locker plumbing — most retail shells need capital to add.