Pickleball and rage therapy comes to Westbury mall

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A company that offers pickleball and rage therapy is the newest tenant at the Samanea New York mall in Westbury. 

Pickleball Smash-It and Smash-It Therapy leased three tenant spaces totaling around 17,200 square feet at the Westbury retail complex. Pickleball Smash-It, which occupies 11,175 square feet, opens Friday, Oct. 7 and offers indoor pickleball court time for $50 an hour. 

Smash-It Therapy, which will occupy 6,115 square feet and is slated to open in a few weeks, is billed as a recreational rage room venue where customers can destroy a variety of items with sledgehammers and bats. 

“Pickleball has become a national sensation over the past few years,” Christopher Michael, owner of Smash-It Therapy and Pickleball Smash-It, said in a written statement. “We saw a unique opportunity to bring pickleball to Nassau County in a way that allows people to reserve a single, private court for a more intimate and enjoyable social experience.” 

Pickleball Smash-It offers two pickleball courts located on the second floor of the Westbury mall. 

“Samanea is the perfect location for us as it’s centrally located in Nassau County,” Michael added. “We’re also very excited to become the first pickleball destination to reside in a Long Island mall setting and we are thrilled to join Samanea’s impressive roster of new entertainment destinations.”  

Smash-It Therapy will offer four themed smash areas and one paint splatter area, each designed to offer consumers an outlet to unleash stress in a safe and stimulating environment. The smash areas can also be customizable by request. 

“While customers will get to choose from a variety of objects to smash, including glassware, electronics, musical instruments and more, some of our areas will also be designed with gentler objects to accommodate every type of customer,” Michael said. 

Samanea New York has been adding several entertainment and restaurant tenants over the past couple of years. The pickleball and rage therapy concepts join a growing tenant roster at the mall that includes X-Golf, Beyond Van Gogh, Dave & Busters, 99 Ranch Market, The Cheesecake Factory, Bloomingdale’s Furniture and Rug Outlet, K-Pot & BBQ, Snapology and XP League, Let’s Craft, Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao and Ichiddo Ramen. 

“Smash therapy rooms and of course, pickleball, are both sought-after recreational pastimes. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome the Smash-It brand to the property,” Dominic Coluccio, the mall’s director of real estate, said in the statement. “Samanea New York will be the first Long Island enclosed mall to open pickleball courts, which perfectly aligns with our mission to continue to redevelop this iconic property into a unique and premier lifestyle destination.” 

Smash-It Therapy rooms and Pickleball Smash-It courts can be booked in advance on the company’s website at smashittherapy.com, and customers without reservations are also welcome. 

Matthew Kucker, Jordan Baruch and Herb Agin of Colliers, along with Coluccio, brokered the lease transaction with the mall’s newest tenant.