Vertical World Redmond closing its doors in April

[olyclimber]

See announcement here:

https://redmond.verticalworld.com/about-us/letter-from-our-founder/

[olyclimber]

“… We sensed a while back that this was going to happen. When the building was bought by a PE firm out of the Bay area and our lease was coming to an end, it was clear that we were not a desirable tenant for our new landlord and negotiations did not go in our favor. We had a vision of upgrading the entire gym into a first-class facility. Unfortunately it did not work out as we wished. This is not the end of Vertical World on the East Side. We have been through a lot in our history. We get knocked down and fight our way back up. We are not going anywhere. We will back and we will be better for it.”

[KaskadskyjKozak]

This was my primary gym for years (up until COVID).  Such a bummer that it's closing.  I do hope they open at a new locatioin somewhere on the E side.