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Midtown Athletic Clubs is a family-owned American luxury fitness company that operates eight separate locations in the United States and Canada. Its national headquarters is in Chicago, where the flagship location also contains a hotel and restaurant. Midtown is a subsidiary of Tennis Corp. of America, one of the largest developers of tennis training programs in the world.

History
The first Midtown Athletics location was opened in Chicago by Kevie and Alan Schwartz in 1970. At that time, the 575,000 square foot tennis complex in the Bucktown neighborhood was the largest in the world. The site's former occupant, The Bonewood Dairy, were one of the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The company remains family-owned and operated and reported 103 million USD in revenue in 2016. As of 2017, Midtown operates eight fitness and wellness facilities in Chicago IL (1970), Rochester NY (1974), Boston MA (1975), Evansville IL (1975), Palatine IL (1985), Willowbrook IL (1982), Bannockburn IL (1993), Atlanta GA (1997),  and Weston FL (2001). Midtown expanded into the Canadian market with the opening of a Montréal facility in 1996. . In 2006, all the facilities were rebranded as Midtown Athletic Clubs.

Tennis Championships and Champions
The Midtown Chicago location is a frequent host of the United States Tennis Association's Indoor Championships. Rod Laver, Billie Jean King, Ken Rosewall, Arthur Ashe, Venus Williams, and John McEnroe have all played on its courts. André Agassi won his first national tennis title at Midtown when he was twelve.

The Schwartz family play an active role in the development of tennis as a competitive and professional sport in the United States. Co-founder Alan Schwartz served as President and Chairman of the Board of the USTA from 2003 to 2004 and was a board member for twelve years. He was selected as Tennis Industry Magazine's "Man of the Year" in 2003 and inducted into the Chicago Tennis Patron's Hall of Fame in 2005 for not only his administrative work and his co-authoring of the National Tennis Rating Program (NTRP), but also his successful career as a player that included seven state and eight national titles.

Philanthropy
Midtown Athletic Clubs operates a number of Chicago-based programs offering academic support and financial aid to economically disadvantaged young athletes.

Hotel and Restaurant
In 2017, the Midtown Athletics facility in Chicago completed an 80 million USD transformation. The top two floors of the six-story building are occupied by The Hotel at Midtown and its fifty-five rooms to accommodate guests whose stay includes access to the sites other health and wellness facilities: exercise machines, group fitness classes, an indoor and outdoor pool, boxing studio, full-size basketball court, yoga and spin studios, steam rooms, golf course simulator, and the Chromium restaurant. An Evanston-based firm, DMAC Architecture, designed and built the structure that uses sturdy, rustic materials and elaborate furnishings. V Starr Interiors, owned by tennis superstar Venus Williams, designed the tennis lounge and a guest suite. The restaurant and bar by executive chef Amanda Barnes offers seasonal and locally sourced, modern American dishes.

Awards
IHRSA twice