Workout chain Orangetheory Fitness plans to open about 35 gyms in the Chicago area over the next few years as part of a 50-store rollout across the state, according to Orland Park-based investor Brad Ehrlich, the master franchisee for the state for Orangetheory’s parent company, Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Ultimate Fitness Group LLC.

The firm has opened five fitness centers in the Chicago suburbs and has hired Highland Park-based Metro Commercial Real Estate Inc. Principal Nathan Tonnies and Vice President Larry Kling to find more spaces here, Mr. Ehrlich said.

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