Who is responsible for locating and selecting the site for a Big Blue Swim School?
Big_Blue_Swim_School Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ly with the Schedule and we then terminate this DRA
for that reason. However, each time you (or your Approved Affiliate) sign a franchise agreement for the next BIG BLUE Swim School to be constructed and developed within the Territory, we will apply the deposit related to that Swim School (which is part of the Development Fee) toward the initial franchise fee due for that Swim School (leaving only the balance of the initial franchise fee due at signing).
5. Grant of Franchises and Site Selection/Leasing Process for BIG BLUE Swim Schools.
- (a) You must locate, evaluate, and select the Swim School's site. You must give us all information and materials we request to assess each proposed Swim School site. We will not search for or select the site for you. In granting you development rights under this DRA, we are relying on your knowledge of the real estate market in the Territory and your ability to locate and access sites.
- (b) We will give you our then-current criteria for BIG BLUE Swim School sites (including, without limitation, population density and other demographic characteristics, visibility, traffic flow, competition, accessibility, parking, ingress and egress, size, and other physical and commercial characteristics) to help in the site-selection process. We will not unreasonably withhold site acceptance if, in our and our affiliates' experience and based on the factors identified above, the proposed site is not inconsistent with sites that we and our affiliates regard as favorable or that otherwise have been successful sites in the past for BIG BLUE Swim Schools. However, we have the absolute right to reject any site not meeting our criteria or to require you to acknowledge in writing that a site you have chosen, while acceptable to us, is not recommended due to its incompatibility with certain factors bearing on a site's suitability as a location for a BIG BLUE Swim School.
We will review potential BIG BLUE Swim School sites that you identify within the Territory and may, but have no obligation to, visit the Territory once (for no additional fee) to review potential sites for each BIG BLUE Swim School to be constructed and developed under this DRA. We have the right to require you to reimburse our out-of-pocket expenses for each site visit after the first per-Swim School visit. We have the right to condition our acceptance of a proposed site, or a proposed site visit, on your first sending us complete site reports and other materials (including, without limitation, photographs and digital recordings) we request. We agree to use reasonable efforts to review and accept (or not accept) sites you propose within thirty (30) days after we receive all requested information and materials. You may not proceed with a site that we have not accepted.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 76–278)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Big Blue Swim School's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is responsible for locating, evaluating, and selecting the site for the Swim School. Big Blue Swim School will not search for or select the site for the franchisee. The franchisor relies on the franchisee's knowledge of the real estate market in the territory and their ability to locate and access sites.
Big Blue Swim School will provide its then-current criteria for sites, including population density, demographic characteristics, visibility, traffic flow, competition, accessibility, parking, size, and other physical and commercial characteristics, to help franchisees in the site-selection process. Big Blue Swim School has the right to reject any site that does not meet its criteria or to require the franchisee to acknowledge in writing that a chosen site is not recommended due to its incompatibility with certain factors.
Big Blue Swim School will review potential sites identified by the franchisee and may visit the territory once for no additional fee to review potential sites. The franchisor has the right to require the franchisee to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses for each site visit after the first. The franchisee may not proceed with a site that Big Blue Swim School has not accepted. The franchisee must also send Big Blue Swim School any lease or sublease for written acceptance before signing it.