Planet Fitness is planning to open a location in the old Kmart building as it undergoes renovations to become a new retail center, The Shops at Cullman.

On Monday, the Cullman Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for Planet Fitness to occupy the center portion, totaling 26,600 square feet, leaving two other retail units on each end.

For the past month, Nearen Construction has been remodeling the sprawling property into three separate commercial units, according to city building departments records. It’s not clear what will join Planet Fitness in the new center.

Kmart, owned by Sears Holding Corp., closed its Cullman location in December 2016 following a liquidation sale. It was among nearly 80 Kmart stores shuttered, including locations in Birmingham, Decatur, Homewood, Mobile and Oxford.

In other business Monday, the Cullman Planning Commission:

• Approved Sept. 5 meeting minutes.
• Held public hearing and denied short-form subdivision request to combine three lots into one lot on Fantansia Drive Northwest.
• Held public hearing and approved short-form subdivision request regarding Stone Creek Subdivision Phase II, lots 21 and 22.
• Held public hearing and approved short-form subdivision request regarding Stone Creek Subdivision Phase II, lots 1 through 6.
• Approved positive recommendations to City Council for the following annexation requests:Lincoln Ave. SW / County Road 1170; County Road 590 and County Road 488; Shadow Lake Subdivision and Southwood Estates; County Road 1162 & County Road 1169 (Wynn Haven Subdivision, lots 1 through 18).
• Approved recommending to City Council for consideration a street lighting and utility ordinance that would require new subdivisions to have street lighting.
• Approved 2018 Planning Commission calendar.