Can Beem Light Sauna inspect the construction of the Studio?
Beem_Light_Sauna Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
public accommodations for persons with disabilities, other applicable ordinances, building codes, permit requirements, and lease requirements and restrictions. Our review of your Plans is limited to ensuring your compliance with our design requirements and is not designed to assess compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances in your Territory ("Applicable Laws") or your Site Lease.
- (c) Construction Phase. You must provide us with written notice identifying your proposed general contractor, and you must ensure that the contractor is duly licensed in your jurisdiction and adequately insured. You may not begin construction until we have given you written approval of the Plans and we have approved in writing your choice of general contractor. We may require you to use only general contractors that we have preapproved, provided that we have pre-approved one in your Site Selection Area. You must 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, Beem Light Sauna and its agents have the right to inspect the construction of the studio at all reasonable times. The franchisee is responsible for completing the construction of their studio according to the approved plans and at their own expense.
Prior to construction, the franchisee must provide written notice identifying their proposed general contractor, ensuring the contractor is duly licensed and adequately insured. Construction cannot begin until Beem Light Sauna has given written approval of the construction plans and the franchisee's choice of general contractor. Beem Light Sauna may require franchisees to use only pre-approved general contractors, provided at least one is pre-approved in the Site Selection Area.
The franchisee must notify Beem Light Sauna in writing promptly when construction begins and maintain continuous construction until the studio is completed. After construction, the franchisee must obtain a certificate of occupancy and provide a copy to Beem Light Sauna. The studio must be open for business no later than 270 days after the Effective Date, unless Beem Light Sauna grants a written extension, which may require an extension fee of $2,500 per month and a general release.
The franchisee cannot open the studio until they have received written approval from Beem Light Sauna. This approval is contingent upon viewing the certificate of occupancy, confirming compliance with the Plans and pre-opening marketing obligations, ensuring initial employees meet training requirements, and meeting the required minimum number of pre-opening members and/or paid membership sales as set forth in Appendix A.