How often is an Aira Fitness franchisee required to modernize their business?
Aira_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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.
A transfer of any interest in this Agreement or your business governed by Section 11 or renewal covered by Section 4 is expressly conditioned upon your (or the transferee, as applicable) modernizing the Aira Fitness Business to conform to the standards for new Aira Fitness Businesses.
You acknowledge and agree that the requirements of this Section are both reasonable and necessary to ensure continued public acceptance and patronage of the Aira Fitness Business and to avoid deterioration in connection with the operation of your Aira Fitness Business.
If you fail to make any improvement or perform the maintenance listed above, we may, in addition to our other rights under this Agreement, effect such improvement or maintenance on your behalf and you must reimburse us for the costs we incur.
Source: Item 23 — **RECEIPTS (FDD pages 59–254)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aira Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to modernize their Aira Fitness business within five years of the Effective Date of the Franchise Agreement. Additionally, franchisees must replace all fitness equipment within three years of the Effective Date.
These modernization and replacement requirements are in place to ensure continued public acceptance and patronage of the Aira Fitness Business and to avoid deterioration in connection with its operation. If a franchisee fails to make the required improvements or perform the necessary maintenance, Aira Fitness has the right to make such improvements or perform the maintenance on the franchisee's behalf, with the franchisee responsible for reimbursing Aira Fitness for all costs incurred.
Furthermore, any transfer of interest in the Franchise Agreement or the business, as well as any renewal of the agreement, is contingent upon the franchisee (or transferee) modernizing the Aira Fitness Business to meet the standards of new Aira Fitness Businesses. Franchisees must also replace items of equipment as necessary to conform to the standards for similarly situated new Aira Fitness Businesses.