By Sara Beth Williams–
The Discount Store officially opened at a new, smaller location at the Grand Oaks shopping center on Friday, May 30. The store is now located in the space that formerly held The Camp Transformation Center, a unique gym specifically focused on clients seeking trainers to help guide them in their fitness and nutrition goals.
The gym opened in October 2022 and closed roughly a year ago, according to Discount Store lead manager Alisan Urbano. Online business review site Yelp also indicates The Camp closed, but no date was specified. The last review was posted in February 2023. According to the gym’s website, The Camp has 21 transformation centers in California.
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At least one moving truck could be seen in front of the former gym last week, transporting merchandise to the building during a Sentinel staff visit to the shopping center.
The Discount Store originally opened in the building formerly home to Smart and Final, according to Urbano, and has chosen to move to a smaller location now to save on the cost of operations. Urbano said she was unsure of whether the new location will still carry large pieces of furniture and appliances, along with the other discount merchandise they typically sold at the former location.
A visit to the former Discount Store location found large banners across the front windows of the store reading, “We Have Moved.”
Th Discount Store’s new space still has THE CAMP signage attached to the front facade, and multiple posters with The Camp logos and gym information still hang on the red walls throughout the interior. Urbano said that staff has been in discussion with the property owner about refreshing the interior with new paint and getting rid of the old signage. For now, The Discount Store is open to the public in spite of the conflicting old signage amid a new store banner.
The Grand Oaks shopping center has seen multiple tenants coming and going in the last several years. Recently, a dough shop has opened up in the former site of a small Greek eatery.
Thomas Fallon, with Thomas Fallon’s Camplyfe Dreamchasers mixed martial arts gym, recently merged with MMA Gold. The merger was commemorated with new signage, Fallon confirmed. A social media announcement from MMA Gold indicated the MMA company merged with Thomas Fallon a year and a half ago, with the statement “New gym, same mission.”
Fallon’s gym offers instruction in jiu-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and Muay Thai martial arts. Fallon said he has been training students at his Citrus Heights gym for two years.
Urbano said a new donut shop is also expected to move in next door in the near future.
The Discount Store’s new address is 7965 Auburn Blvd., two doors down from Dollar General.
