SouthSide Power & Fitness gym has committed to 15,273 square feet. Vitality Anti-Aging Center and Medical Spa of Hickory will lease 5,102 square feet and DeMille Enterprises, a local massage and acupuncture business, will lease 800 square feet, Moretz said. Moretz Marketing also will have office space in the building.

The mill houses an office complex, with 20 office spaces as well as a conference room, kitchenette and causal lounge area that can used by all the businesses leasing the offices. The possibility of building apartments on the second floor of the building is being reviewed.

“This office space concept offers common amenities to independent business owners such as lawyers, CPAs, insurance brokerages and others that need office space,” Moretz said.

The area is a prime location for a variety of businesses because of the improvements that were made to Lenoir-Rhyne Boulevard a couple of years ago and the area’s proximity to Lenoir-Rhyne College.