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title: "Big Blue Swim School Announces Expansion in Houston"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/656db976-4aa5-4cbb-b3b6-23d5d9268817
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20221006_big_blue_swim_school_announces_expansion_in_houston.html
category: "Fitness"
industry: "Fitness"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2022-10-06T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:32:58.536Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/brands/social/bigblueswimschool.jpg
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# Big Blue Swim School Announces Expansion in Houston

**TL;DR:** Big Blue Swim School is expanding in Houston, Texas, with 10 new pools through a partnership with multi-unit franchise owner Cheston Syma. The expansion brings the total number of Houston units sold to 11, with Syma and his investment partners, including JDA Advisors, LLC and Girish Capital, contributing to the growth.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-10-06. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20221006_big_blue_swim_school_announces_expansion_in_houston.html).*

## Story

CHICAGO - Big Blue Swim School announces it has finalized a deal to bring 10 pools to the Houston area. Sport Clips and Signarama franchisee Cheston Syma partnered with JDA Advisors, LLC and Girish Capital, to diversify his portfolio. This brings the total number of Houston units sold to 11, following last’s year announcement from franchise partners Menaka and Prashanth Krishnan.

Syma and his investment partners bring a wealth of experience as multi-unit, multi-brand franchise owners. With these openings, Houstonians will have access to Big Blue’s unparalleled swim lesson experience made easier and more effective with proprietary technology, curriculum and family-centric facilities. Big Blue also fills a vital safety need, which is especially important in a city such as Houston, which ranks 13thon the list of U.S. cities with the most at-home pools, and in a state with some of the highest drowning rates.

“Aside from my franchise concepts, I’m also a physician,” states Setul Patel of Girish Capital. “The health and safety aspect of the Big Blue concept was a primary selling point for me, as I’ve dealt with drownings and near drownings, which is devastating. If we can do anything to prevent those tragedies, we absolutely should.”

Big Blue Swim School offers weekly swim lessons for families with children ages three months to 12 years old, making it easy for parents to schedule lessons for kids across multiple age groups simultaneously. In addition, the swim school selects locations that make it easy for parents and caregivers to incorporate swim lessons into their life and schedule. Each location will feature Big Blue’s stress-free facilities, offering warm 90-degree water, showers and changing rooms, a parent viewing area with complimentary WiFi, and its fall-resistant anti-microbial carpet.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Fitness (sector)
- partnership (topic)
- houston (location)
- Big Blue Swim School (company)
- swim lessons (topic)
- multi-unit franchise (topic)
- Signarama (company)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20221006_big_blue_swim_school_announces_expansion_in_houston.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/656db976-4aa5-4cbb-b3b6-23d5d9268817).