Along Ann Arbor’s Busiest Corridor, a Place to Relax
The RelaxStation expansion is expected to be complete in October. Architect Robert Black, left, takes measurements.
Seven years ago, Eileen Bristol was about to move to California when the property at Huron and First came up for sale.
“I said, ‘Oh, man, I love that building – what could I do there?” she recalls, laughing.
The building was a former gas station built in the 1930s, and what she decided to do was start RelaxStation, a small walk-in massage business that crammed a lot of personality into the tight 280-square-foot space. Business has been good – so good that “we pretty well maxed out the space,” she says.
It was time to expand, and her project to more than double the space – a $900,000 $90,000 investment – is nearing completion. [Full Story]