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Rappaport Press Release

Topkick Martial Arts and Elite Fitness Now Open at Belmont Greene

Ashburn, Virginia

2/6/2009

Ashburn, Va. - TopKick Martial Arts and Elite Fitness are now open at the Village Center at Belmont Greene. The martial arts studio and Elite Fitness, a family oriented health club, are located in the center’s new building on the corner of Winkle Drive in Ashburn.

Having provided martial arts instruction in the Northern Virginia area for more than a decade, Topkick Martial Arts has leased 3,040 square-feet at the center. Topkick offers traditional martial arts study for adults, families and children. “We provide students of all ages with the best possible training while surrounding them with a positive, professional, safe and challenging learning environment,” said Tu H. Le, owner of Topkick. The studio is open Monday through Friday, 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and on Saturday, 8:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Elite Fitness features a full-range of strength equipment and cardiovascular equipment, free towel service, and private showers. In addition Elite fitness offers aerobics classes, massage therapy and a structured post rehab program that can help members transition from the medical community back to the health club environment through the guidance of a Certified Post Rehab Specialist. Honoring the family-oriented guarantee, Elite Fitness offers a video-monitored child care facility, which can be accessed on every cardiovascular personal flat screen TV throughout the fitness center. “We strive to make your health club experience an extremely favorable one in which you look forward to visiting you fitness center on a regular,” said Scott Ackerman, owner of Elite Fitness. The gym is operating Monday through Thursday 5:45 a.m. – 9 p.m., Friday from 5:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Village Center at Belmont Greene is a 268,017-square-foot neighborhood shopping center located at the intersection of Piccadilly Plaza and Winkle Drive in Ashburn. The center is anchored by Bloom grocery store and includes CVS/pharmacy and Ledo's Pizza. The Rappaport Companies of McLean, Va., manages the center.

The Rappaport Companies owns and develops shopping centers and provides retail leasing, tenant representation, property management, construction management, development and receivership services for retail space in shopping centers and mixed-use properties throughout the Washington, D.C./Baltimore area. Headquartered in McLean, Va., The Rappaport Companies portfolio totals some 13 million square feet of retail space in urban and suburban locations.