Is an Aira Fitness franchisee required to reimburse Aira Fitness for costs incurred if Aira Fitness effects improvements on their behalf?
Aira_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
age. If, however, any condition presents a threat to members or to public safety, you must affect the items of maintenance immediately, as further described in Section 6.F. If you fail to complete the required maintenance, we reserve the right (but no obligation) to do so on your behalf and you must reimburse us for our costs and expenses.
- F. Modernization. From time to time as we require, you must modernize and/or replace items of the trade dress or equipment as may be necessary for your Aira Fitness Business to conform to the standards for similarly situated new Aira Fitness Businesses. For instance, we require that you modernize the Aira Fitness Business within five years of the Effective Date of this Agreement. We also require that you replace all fitness equipment within three years of the Effective Date of this Agreement.
Source: Item 23 — **RECEIPTS (FDD pages 59–254)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Aira Fitness Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to maintain and modernize their Aira Fitness Business according to Aira Fitness's standards. This includes maintaining the building, equipment, fixtures, signage, and trade dress. Franchisees must address maintenance items within 30 days of receiving a report from Aira Fitness, or immediately if a condition poses a safety threat.
If a franchisee fails to complete the required maintenance, Aira Fitness has the right, but not the obligation, to perform the maintenance on the franchisee's behalf. In such cases, the franchisee is required to reimburse Aira Fitness for the costs and expenses incurred.
Additionally, franchisees must modernize and/or replace items to conform to the standards of new Aira Fitness Businesses, including modernizing the business within five years and replacing all fitness equipment within three years of the agreement's effective date. If a franchisee fails to make these improvements or perform the required maintenance, Aira Fitness may effect such improvements or maintenance and require the franchisee to reimburse the incurred costs.