After training with
one of the most well respected Pilates instructors in the industry and owning
her own studio in Brooklyn for eight years, long-time New Yorker Rosanna Barberio/Downes says she’s back in Michigan and
excited about her new Old Town Lansing studio, Old Town Pilates.
“It’s nice to be a part of the Old Town that’s changing,
because Old Town used to be a scary place,” she says. “I wanted to be a part of
this positive change because this is where I grew up.”
Her 107½ Grand River Avenue
loft is a former residence that has high, exposed brick ceilings, modern
lighting and huge windows that overlook Old Town’s shopping district.
Downes was able to find a
Pilates studio that didn’t need any renovations. Lansing Developer Richard Karp renovated the building in 1998, and he lived in what is now the Pilates studio for nine years.
Old Town Pilates has been opened for a little more than a
week, but Downes is already pulling together several classes and thinking about
adding instructors.
Downes teaches mat classes and holds private lessons.
Source: Rosanna Barberio/Downes, Old Town Pilates
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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