BIZNOTE: Rowing returns to The Junction with Row West soon to soft-open

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Five months after Row House closed on the north end of The Junction, a new rowing studio in its south end is about to open its doors. We received an announcement from Row West that it’s set soft-open dates for Saturday and Sunday, January 3 and 4 – next weekend – 8 am to noon both days. Row West is at 4740 44th SW, across from Junction Hardware, and plans to “offer inclusive indoor rowing classes designed for all fitness levels.” It’s launching in part with the help of a successful crowdfunding campaign last summer.

WSCurmudgeon December 26, 2025 (4:07 pm)

Making rowing pay isn’t easy.

JenS December 26, 2025 (5:41 pm)

I cannot wait! So excited to get our little community back rowing together again ❤️

WS5 December 28, 2025 (4:26 am)

Exciting news, but really bad location, free parking is difficult in that area.

Calamity December 28, 2025 (9:24 pm)

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Well, thankfully, there are bus stops nearby!
Row On December 29, 2025 (9:49 am)

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This location is not wildly different from the old location when it comes to free street parking. Aside from 44th Ave, this is literally just a block over from California Ave, you can cross the paid parking lots (most of which are themselves all of $3) and use the convenient shortcut breezeway to get there, don’t even have to walk around a whole block. As always, parking depends on what time you work out, I think early morning folks have an advantage there.

Row On December 29, 2025 (10:10 am)

I’m so excited for this news! This is a core group of former Row West students and instructors who got together and made this thing happen, and who also kept the community together and engaged by organizing weekly W. Seattle walking groups since the closure (via Facebook group and email). It’s truly impressive how quickly they’ve organized the fundraising and business model with full transparency about costs and what would be needed to make it work. I was not as dedicated an RW student as many, but I loved the vibe and community and rowing with them is way better than rowing alone in my basement (rowing really is one of the BEST full body, low-impact, cardio workouts out there).

Lisa January 2, 2026 (9:23 am)

Is there a website? The link doesn’t work. So excited about this!

WSB January 2, 2026 (11:34 am)

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Sorry, it worked when I published this story but they seem to have taken the site offline, don’t know hy. Will email my contact to ask.
Meredith January 2, 2026 (7:32 pm)

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Hi! The website was taken offline for editing, but will be going live tomorrow (January 3rd).