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CRANSTON, R.I. — LA Fitness has chosen Garden City Center as its first Rhode Island location. The sports club will be next to OfficeMax in a two-story, 38,000-square-foot facility that will be designed to resemble a hotel inside. The LA Fitness outlet will replace a closed Borders bookstore at the center, which will be demolished. Construction will begin in January 2013 and the club is expected to open in December 2013 or early 2014. The LA Fitness location will be the second phase of a multimillion dollar expansion and renovation of the shopping center, which Wilder Cos. launched in the spring. Phase I includes a new 20,000-square-foot building linking the center's two sections.