Massage Green Spa will open its doors in Toledo next month. The spa franchise is scheduled to debut its first location in the area April 13 next to Rick’s City Diner on Monroe Street.
David Schmier, owner of the Massage Green franchise in Toledo, teamed up with partner Jeffrey Belen to bring the new business to the area. The pair plan to open 25-30 spas in Northwest and Central Ohio, including three in the Toledo area. The second local location will be in Perrysburg with a third location to be announced, Schmier said.
“We only considered one market for our first Massage Green — Toledo,” Schmier stated in a news release. “We love that it’s close to our homes and other businesses in Southeast Michigan and that it has a strong and growing economy.
“It’s a growing economy down here, things are going really well,” Schmier told Toledo Free Press. “Toledo has the right psychographic. Not just demographic, but also psychographic for our demographic. There are people who care about health and the importance of getting massages.”
The Monroe Street location will employ approximately 20 licensed massage therapists, receptionists and managers.
Massage Green offers massages, including Swedish, deep tissue, sports, cranial-sacral and pre/postnatal. It also offers European facials and an infrared sauna service. It was founded by Allie T. Mallad, owner of the world’s largest Little Caesars Pizza franchise, in 2008.
Massage Green offers a one-hour, full-body introductory massage for $29.95. After that, clients are eligible for one of several wellness plans, Schmier said, adding that in the most popular plan, members are pre-charged for one massage a month at $39.95 with any additional massages also at that price. Up to four members of a household can share the plan and any unused massages roll over to the next month. In addition, members can cancel their plan at any time with no penalty or fee.
There are currently 75 Massage Green Spas with 100 more scheduled to open by the end of 2016, and over 500 more in development throughout the country, Schmier said. It is also the exclusive therapy clinic of the Detroit Tigers, the Detroit Red Wings and University of Michigan football and basketball teams.
“The research is absolutely clear: regular massage is a critical part of a health and wellness regimen,” Schmier said. “For many people, it’s right up there with regular exercise and a reasonable and balanced diet. And Jeff and I are happy that we can bring high-quality, therapeutic massage and infrared sauna to Toledo at incredibly affordable prices.”
For more information, visit massagegreenspa.com.
