Before opening an Aira Fitness business, does the franchisor provide site selection criteria?
Aira_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Before you open your Aira Fitness Business, we will:
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- Provide you with site selection criteria and general design requirements for your Aira Fitness Business (Franchise Agreement, Sections 5A and 5C) You will select the site for the Aira Fitness Business within the Preliminary Designated Area that will be identified in the Summary Pages when you sign the Franchise Agreement. You will identify a site within the Preliminary Designated Area (or if no sites are available in the Preliminary Designated Area, in
proximity to it) for our approval. In evaluating the site, we will consider the following factors: rent amount, population and demographics of the surrounding area, and competition. Within 15 days after you have submitted all requested information concerning the site, we will notify you whether or not the site is approved. You must acquire a site for the Aira Fitness Business within 90 days after the Franchise Agreement is signed.
You must acquire a site for the Aira Fitness Business location no later than 90 days after the Franchise Agreement is signed and must open the Aira Fitness Business for business no later than 180 days after the Franchise Agreement is signed. If you fail to acquire an acceptable site or begin operations within the required time periods, we may terminate the Franchise Agreement (Franchise Agreement, Sections 2B and 14A).
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 38–43)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Aira Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, prior to opening an Aira Fitness business, the franchisor will provide franchisees with site selection criteria and general design requirements. Franchisees are responsible for selecting a site within a Preliminary Designated Area, which is identified in the Summary Pages of the Franchise Agreement. If no sites are available in the Preliminary Designated Area, the franchisee can look in proximity to it.
The franchisor's approval of the site will be based on factors such as the rent amount, the population and demographics of the surrounding area, and the level of competition. Aira Fitness will notify the franchisee of the site approval within 15 days of receiving all requested information.
The franchisee must acquire a site within 90 days after signing the Franchise Agreement and must open the Aira Fitness business within 180 days after signing the Franchise Agreement. Failure to meet these deadlines may result in termination of the Franchise Agreement.