What is the deadline for completing construction and opening a Beem Light Sauna Studio?
Beem_Light_Sauna Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
notify us in writing promptly when construction begins and must maintain continuous construction until the Studio is completed. You agree to complete the construction of your Studio in accordance with the approved Plans at your expense. We and our agents may inspect the construction at all reasonable times. After completion of construction, you must promptly obtain a certificate of occupancy and provide a copy of the certificate to us.
- 4.5 Opening Deadline. You must complete construction of and open your Studio for business no later than 270 days after the Effective Date (the "Opening Deadline"), unless we grant you an extension in writing. We may, in our sole discretion, extend the Opening Deadline, which we may condition on you agreeing to pay an extension fee of $2,500 for each month (or portion of a month) for which the Opening Deadline is extended and you executing a general release. You may not open the Studio until you have received our written approval, which we will not provide until (i) we have viewed the certificate of occupancy, (ii) confirmed that you
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 71–230)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beem Light Sauna's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees must complete construction and open their studio for business within 270 days of the Effective Date, which is defined in Appendix A of the Franchise Agreement. This deadline is referred to as the "Opening Deadline." However, Beem Light Sauna may grant a written extension at its discretion.
If an extension is granted, Beem Light Sauna may require the franchisee to pay an extension fee of $2,500 for each month (or portion thereof) that the deadline is extended. Additionally, Beem Light Sauna may require the franchisee to execute a general release as a condition of the extension.
Even if construction is completed, a Beem Light Sauna studio cannot open until written approval is received from the company. This approval is contingent upon several factors, including viewing the certificate of occupancy, confirming compliance with the approved plans, fulfilling pre-opening marketing obligations, ensuring initial employees meet training requirements, and meeting the minimum pre-opening membership or sales targets outlined in Appendix A. Failure to open by the Opening Deadline constitutes an Event of Default under the Franchise Agreement.