What happens if an Aira Fitness developer attempts to transfer, sell, or assign the Development Agreement in violation of the agreement?
Aira_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 7.3 If you (i) fail to meet any of the deadlines set forth in the Development Schedule; (ii) fail to comply with any other term and condition of this Agreement; (iii) make or attempt to make a transfer, sale or assignment of this Agreement in violation of this Agreement; or (iv) you or other entity owned by the Owners are in default under any individual Franchise Agreement with us, or of any other agreement to which we are parties; any such event shall constitute a default under this Agreement.
Upon any such default, we, in our sole discretion, may do any one or more of the following:
(a) Terminate this Agreement and all rights granted hereunder to you without affording you any opportunity to cure the default effective immediately upon delivery to you of a written notice from us;
(b) Reduce the number of Aira Fitness Centers which you have the right to establish and open pursuant to this Agreement; or
(c) Exercise any other rights and remedies which we may have under applicable law.
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Immediate Termination With No Opportunity to Cure.
In the event any of the following defaults occurs, you will have no right or opportunity to cure the default and this Agreement will terminate effective immediately on our issuance of written notice of termination: (i) you have failed to identify a mutually acceptable site for the operation of the Aira Fitness Business or to open the Aira Fitness Business for business within the time period provided by this Agreement; (ii) you or any Owner has made any material misrepresentation or omission in your franchise application or any other report to us; (iii) your voluntary abandonment of this Agreement or the Authorized Location, (iv) the loss of your lease, or the failure to timely cure a default under the lease, (v) the loss of your right of possession or failure to reopen or relocate under Section 5.G.; (vi) the closing of the Aira Fitness Business by any state or local authorities for health or public safety reasons; (vii) any unauthorized use of the Confidential Information; (viii) voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy by or against you or any Owner or guarantor, insolvency, making an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any similar voluntary or involuntary arrangement for the disposition of assets for the benefit of creditors; (ix) conviction of you, any Owners, or guarantors of (or pleading no contest to) any felony or misdemeanor that brings or tends to bring any of the Marks into disrepute or impairs or tends to impair your reputation or the goodwill of the Marks or the Aira Fitness Business, (x) you, any Owner, guarantor or an affiliate of any of you are listed by the United States or United Nations as being a terrorist, financier of terrorism or otherwise restricted from doing business in or with the United States; (xi) intentionally underreport membership sales or Gross Sales, falsify financial data, or otherwise commit an act of fraud with respect to your acquisition of this franchise or your rights or obligations under this Agreement, or any understatement or 2% variance on a subsequent audit within a two- year period under Section 10.C., (xii) any unauthorized transfer or assignment in violation of Section 12; (xiii) your failure to use the approved payment processor, (xiv) you failed to meet the Minimum Membership Requirement for six (6) consecutive months, (xv) you failed to meet the Minimum Monthly Gross Sales Requirement for six (6) consecutive months, or *(xv)*any default by you that is the second same or similar default within any 12 month consecutive period or the third default of any type within any 24-month consecutive period.
Source: Item 23 — **RECEIPTS (FDD pages 59–254)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aira Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if a developer attempts to transfer, sell, or assign the Development Agreement in violation of the agreement's terms, it constitutes a default under the agreement. Upon such a default, Aira Fitness has several options.
First, Aira Fitness can terminate the Development Agreement and all rights granted to the developer immediately upon written notice, without providing an opportunity to cure the default. Second, Aira Fitness can reduce the number of Aira Fitness Centers the developer has the right to establish and open under the agreement. Finally, Aira Fitness can exercise any other rights and remedies available under applicable law.
Additionally, the FDD states that any unauthorized transfer or assignment in violation of Section 12 of the agreement results in immediate termination with no opportunity to cure the default. This underscores the importance of adhering to the specific transfer conditions outlined in the agreement to avoid immediate termination of the Development Agreement with Aira Fitness.