A high-intensity fitness studio that’s looking to move into a first-floor space in downtown Naperville is seeing early support on several fronts, including from the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission.

Commissioners unanimously endorsed a request that could clear the way for Barry’s, a boot camp-style gym chain with 90 locations globally, to move into a vacant portion of the Main Street Promenade East at 50 S. Main St.

The space has been unoccupied since the Promenade East opened in 2014, according to a petition from property owner KRG Naperville Main, a subsidiary of Kite Realty Group. It could become the home of the next Barry’s if the Naperville City Council approves a zoning variance to allow a fitness business on the first floor in the downtown core, where such uses are restricted

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