Gardnerville residents Dacia Lentz and Linda Beekhof are hoping that people in the mood for serious relaxation and self-maintenance will visit their new day spa on the second floor of the Mountain View Professional Center in Gardnerville.

“It’s not just about beauty,” said Lentz. “It’s about stress relief and health, people feeling better both mentally and physically.”

Restoration Spa opened on May 1, offering two massage rooms and a skin care room with a facial steaming machine and a high-frequency machine that uses ultraviolet light on the bacteria that causes acne.

Lentz is the day spa’s esthetician and only uses organic products on her customers.

“I perform European facials and aromatherapy facials and offer full facial and body waxing services,” she said.

Restoration Spa carries Starflower Essentials facial products and 100% Pure bath and body products.

“Sixty percent of what you put on your skin is absorbed into your blood stream,” said Lentz. “In our society, we’re inundated with chemicals; they’re in everything we use. The farther away we get from that and the more pure and natural products we use, the healthier we’ll be.”

The second floor of the Mountain View Professional Center is quickly becoming a place where people can improve themselves in more than one way. Restoration Spa shares the floor with Three Peaks Therapy, the Yoga Loft, Designer Nails and Trudy’s Hair Studio.

Beekhof owns the building, and she and Lentz spent a few months remodeling the day spa; but Beekhof said the work’s not finished.

“We’ve been renovating the interior, but we will be doing some exterior work as well,” she said.

Restoration Spa is located at 1528 Highway 395, suite 215. Business hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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A section of Shoppes on Main damaged by a March fire is being rebuilt, and two businesses say they will reopen within two months.

Clarence Lambe Sr., the owner of the 10,000-square-foot complex on South Main Street, said that repairs to the damaged section include replacing the roof and renovating some of the interior floors and walls.

Lambe said he expects the repairs to be completed within three weeks.

The Shoppes on Main opened in 1997. A courtyard divides the two buildings.

Of the shops affected by the fire:

* Element Day Spa will reopen in June or July.

* Evy’s Gifts hadn’t yet opened when the fire occurred. The business will open by July 1 in the building on South Main Street. The shop sells home-garden gifts and other items.

* Salem Kitchen, which operated for six years at the site, remains closed. There are no definite plans to reopen it.

The Kernersville Fire Department said the fire caused an estimated $345,000 in damage to the Shoppes on Main’s south building and its contents.

The fire destroyed Element Day Spa and caused smoke and water damage to Evy’s Gifts and Salem Kitchen. The spa lies in the middle of the building between Evy’s Gifts and Salem Kitchen.

A burning candle in a storage area inside of Element Day Spa ignited some paper.

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SouthPointe Pavilions’ latest tenant, The Face Place Spa, opened Monday in space formerly occupied by Pixi Chix.

Though the tenant is a small local day spa, it’s a noteworthy addition, because it means SouthPointe is now 100 percent leased at a time when mall vacancies nationwide are skyrocketing.

“We have very tired leasing agents,” joked Julie Lattimer, SouthPointe’s marketing director.

SouthPointe’s leasing agents have probably been working harder to keep tenants than to find them.

SouthPointe has stayed full largely because national retailers have not defected, as they have from other malls, including Lincoln’s Westfield Gateway.

According to Reis, a commercial real estate analysis firm, mall vacancies approached 10 percent nationwide in the first quarter.

In Lincoln, the overall retail vacancy rate was 11.1 at the end of March, up from 10.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 and up from 8 percent at the same time last year, according to a quarterly report from Grubb & Ellis Pacific Realty.

Kent Thompson, owner of Coldwell Banker Commercial Thompson Realty Group, said what SouthPointe has been able to do is nothing short of amazing.

“That shopping center is one of the top-performing shopping centers in the country,” Thompson said.

A big reason vacancy rates are climbing is that national retailers have cut back significantly.

“Retail is just going to be down for a long time,” Thompson said.

“The big issue is that national people are not willing to step out yet,” he said. “We’re a long way from that.”

Thompson has one of the few recent retail success stories: Earlier this month he announced that Rod Kush will open a 40,000-square-foot furniture store in the former Kmart building near 56th and Nebraska 2 — a building that has been vacant since Thompson and some partners bought it more than five years ago.

That occurred in the second quarter of this year. The Grubb & Ellis report noted that despite the uptick in vacancy, the first quarter was otherwise uneventful for retail, with no major openings or closings.

The report described the Lincoln market as “maintaining status quo.”

“Lincoln has remained below the radar … with little activity to note during the quarter,” the report said

The report noted that there have been small retail stores that have gone out of business, “but overall, Lincoln is surviving the recession fairly well.”

Even at Westfield Gateway, which has seen major tenants such as Steve & Barry’s and Circuit City, along with several smaller ones leave in the past year, things are looking up.

“I think we’ve started to get some things going in the right direction,” said Marketing Director Ryan Bouc.

A perfume shop called Perfume Point opened up last month next door to Lids, while a local shop that services computers and sells used ones, 123 System Solutions, is opening in the former Holway Formal Wear spot on the lower level.

Bouc said the mall also has plans for empty space in the food court that could mean new stores opening before the end of the year if all goes as planned.

While retail vacancy went up, the office vacancy rates in Lincoln actually decreased slightly in the first quarter — from 12.4 percent to 11.9 percent — according to the Grubb & Ellis report.

Industrial vacancy increased from 8.4 percent to 8.7 percent in the first quarter. That is better than the first quarter of 2008, when the rate was 9.5 percent.

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Ribbon cutting at John Taylor Day Spa at Jumer’s

WHO: John Taylor Day Spa at Jumer”s

WHERE: 777 Jumer Drive, Rock Island IL

(I-280 & Hwy 92)

WHEN: Thursday, March 26th

TIME: 4:30pm

DETAILS: John Taylor Day Spa at Jumer”s (I-280 & Hwy 92, Rock Island) invites you to celebrate their new location with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, March 26th at 4:30pm. John Taylor provides a variety of services including massages, body treatments, manicures, pedicures, facials, hair services, cosmetic application and eyelash extensions. The Day Spa also has a diverse product line that includes John Taylor signature soaps and candles – made in the Quad Cities, in addition to John Taylor signature bath & body products, John Taylor signature line of “Identity” cosmetics, John Taylor robes, hair tools, skin products, hair products, nail products and DreamTime® Spa wraps. This new location inside Jumer”s Hotel also will perform “in room” couples massages and you do not need to be a guest of the hotel or casino to visit the Spa.

The first location for John Taylor Salon & Day Spa in Rock Valley Plaza, Rock Island was established in 2000.

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Studio 786 Salon & Day Spa now open

Studio 786, a full-service salon and day spa, is breathing new life into the former Red Cross building at 786 Main St., Melrose. Owner Angela Nogueira renovated the three-story building with state of the art design and equipment providing men and women the latest in grooming and personal care services.

Nogueira, who was the previous owner of Shear Magic, a salon she and her family owned for over 25 years.

Working with her daughter Roseann, Nogueira’s salon and day spa offers experienced stylists, nail technicians and massage therapists at Studio 786. The hair salon, with five hair styling stations and two washing sinks, is on the main floor of the building as is a set of manicure stations and pedicure tubs, as well as two private rooms for waxing and facials.

Rooms on the second floor are for massage — Swedish, deep tissue, prenatal, sport or hot rocks. One room also includes two massage tables, for friends or couples.

A men’s salon, complete with a widescreen television, is on the lower level of the building.

“My clients have permitted me to stay and grow my business in Melrose,” Nogueira said. “I am looking forward to taking care of them even more with this salon and day spa.”

For information, call 781-662-0407 

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Indian Summer Tan & Retreat hosts grand-opening weekend

MERRIMAN VALLEY — This weekend, Indian Summer Tan & Retreat, newly opened at 1664 Merriman Road, will offer numerous specials to celebrate its grand opening.

The weekend open house will run Feb. 27 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Feb. 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 1 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Owner David Rishel said specials offered during the weekend will include unlimited tanning for three months for $49.99, two months for $34.99 and one month for $19.99; the regular price is $34.99 per month.

Indian Summer also offers a flex package for tanning for $19.99 per month plus $1 per tanning session.

Also, massages, normally priced at $68 per hour, will be $200 for five one-hour sessions, $125 for three one-hour sessions and $45 for one one-hour session during the grand-opening event.

Specials can be purchased over the phone and are valid one year from purchase.

Rishel describes the business, which opened Jan. 19, as a “boutique-style retreat,” offering a range of tanning and spa services at affordable prices. In addition to the three tanning beds and the massage options, including a room for couple’s massages, Indian Summer offers air-brush tanning, waxing, paraffin wax treatments, makeup, and teeth whitening administered by a dental hygienist.

The business is decorated in Southwest colors and features local art available for sale.

“If you can’t relax here, you can’t relax anywhere,” Rishel said.

Indian Summer Tan & Retreat is open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, call (330) 983-9952.

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Officials will reveal plans for the new DLH Sports Complex off Baker Road today.

The new facility will serve as a training facility for athletes and offer memberships to the public and recreational teams, a news release says.

The complex will have 230,000 square feet of enclosed space with an indoor track, basketball courts and swimming pool. A sports medicine and physical therapy center, day spa and conference center with meeting rooms also will be included.

Training programs in football, basketball, track and field, swimming and baseball will be offered, the release says.

The facility is expected to open in September and will bring 69 new jobs to the city.

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On January 1 Melissa Illingworth became the new owner of the lovely River Village day spa Simplify Your Life (SYL), making the beginning of the new year a divine one.

Thrilled about this new business venture, Illingworth will continue to make SYL a top San Diego North day spa destination where patrons can receive quality services that rejuvenate the body, mind and soul.

“I saw such wonderful potential to bring therapeutic body work into this area because of its beautiful atmosphere and peaceful location,” said Illingworth, who also owns Inner Sanctum. “SYL is everything I have ever wanted.”

Inner Sanctum, explained Illingworth, has merged into SYL but will remain geared toward corporate massage.

“I am so excited about owning SYL because it has been a dream realization for me; I always wanted to own a day spa when I got started in therapeutic massage,” said Illingworth.

All of the wonderful head-to-toe SYL treatments will remain on its menu of services, providing a soothing experience where one can retreat and relax.

An added bonus is that the original founder of SYL, Karen Choules, has been delighted to stay onboard to serve her clients.

Illingworth is pleased to introduce more therapeutic treatments to the SYL menu.

“I want to bring in more different types of massage therapy and I hope to create a massage program to make it more affordable in this economy,” she said. “I want massage to be accessible to everyone; that is my vision.”

Highly regarded as an intuitive massage therapist, Illingworth will continue to help those with injuries, chronic tension and lymphatic drainage and myofascial release issues in her treatments.

Having been an instructor in massage schools, Illingworth looks forward to teaching her staff members her specialized techniques.

Also having a passion for the arts, down the road Illingworth plans to make SYL’s retail product section more artistic in terms of clothing and home decor.

“I would like to open up this area to local artists who want to showcase their items,” she said.

When it comes to pampering, SYL provides an array of blissful massages, facials and skin care treatments in its private treatment rooms.

In addition to their exceptional skincare line which caters to the mature skin, its Cold Light Photo Rejuvenation therapy and DiamondTome Microdermabrasion are great treatments for wrinkle reduction and skin texture improvement.

“And our VascuTouch treatment effectively removes skin tags and cherry angiomas,” said Illingworth.

Its state-of-the-art Vichy Shower is another draw for many spa patrons. This exclusive and invigorating wet table is the ideal way to perform body wraps and scrubs.

“It is so relaxing; it’s like taking a shower while lying down,” Illingworth said.

Their scrub treatments, she added, are a superb way to exfoliate and hydrate dry skin.

And being that SYL is a full-service day spa, its magnificent spa packages offer the escape and indulgence that one deserves.

From massages, facials and body exfoliations to body wraps and waxing, the SYL team tailors each treatment to the specific needs of their clientele, including those with sensitive skin.

Illingworth calls her SYL therapists “highly trained in multiple modalities.”

Illingworth looks forward to sharing wonderful SYL treatments with members of the community. “I want SYL to be a place where people can literally ‘simplify their life’ by coming here.”

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