One of Climbing Magazine's 10 best climbing gyms in the U.S. is opening its first location next year in Huntsville.

Huntsville-based real estate firm RCP Companies said High Point Climbing and Fitness will launch a 24,000-square-foot indoor facility at MidCity Huntsville, a 100-acre community on University Drive that will feature specialty retail, high-tech office space, and more than 900 residential units.

Preliminary plans show High Point will include climbing walls, bouldering areas, a kid's zone, a weight and aerobic room, yoga area, mezzanine, birthday rooms, and a retail store. The company also will operate an outdoor adrenaline zone with a 45-foot multi-purpose climbing wall and event lawn for recreational outdoor climbing and local, regional and national competitive events.

RCP Companies Director Odie Fakhouri said the Huntsville location will be a "first of its kind" for High Point, which has facilities in Chattanooga and Birmingham, with another opening soon in Memphis.

"High Point has meshed incredibly well into the design plans at MidCity," he said. "Incorporating High Point's unique experience into the fabric of MidCity's urban environment and adjacent to complementary amenities is a really exciting opportunity for people of all ages to engage in active recreation."

High Point will have a full-service gym and weight room, cycling equipment, lockers, showers, children's climbing camps, a climbing school and personal trainers.

Construction will begin this fall on High Point, which is slated to open in mid-2018. High Point joins fellow tenant TopGolf, a high-tech driving range with a 53,000-square-foot venue and 72 climate-controlled hitting bays.

National Real Estate Investor recently included MidCity Huntsville among 12 of the largest U.S. development projects to be delivered between 2017 and 2018. The agency, which used data from real estate research firm CoStar, focused on projects with at least 500,000 square feet of leasable space.

Construction is underway at 5901 University Drive, which was home to the struggling Madison Square Mall for more than 30 years until it was torn down to make way for MidCity Huntsville.