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Almost 400 staffers lost jobs when David Barton Gyms abruptly closed across the city on Wednesday.
“All the staff and everyone just found out, right before the holidays,” a source told us Tuesday night. Another added, “They lost their health insurance.”
“Everyone is shocked,” said yet another.
Users of the Glam&Go salons at the Barton Astor Place and West Village locations got an e-mail at 12:58 a.m. Wednesday saying, “I’m sorry to e-mail this way. We have been informed . . . their facilities will be closed permanently, effective immediately. We wish we could have given more notice, and transition plan, but we are letting you know as soon as we find out.”
Reps told us 369 employees lost their jobs and that the abrupt closure was due to increasing rental costs and competition from other fitness venues.
Founder David Barton, who left the company in 2013, told us that he’s “sad,” and, “People are calling and showing up at my new gym, TMPL. I’m not quite sure what to do . . . But it’s the holidays. Come in and work out on me, for now. We’ll figure something out in 2017.”
David Barton Gym closure leaves almost 400 jobless | Page Six
