What is the purpose of the Lease Rider that Body20 requires?
Body20 Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If you or your affiliate leases the site, unless we waive the requirement in writing, you must arrange for the execution of the Lease Rider in the form that is attached as Appendix D to the Franchise Agreement (the Franchise Agreement is attached as Exhibit A of this Disclosure Document) by you and your landlord .
Our review of the Site lease or sublease (the "Site Lease") is for our own benefit only and is not intended to supplement or replace a review by your attorney.
We may require you to engage an attorney to review your Site Lease or purchase agreement for the Site that we have accepted and to supply us with reasonable documentation relating to that review, including a lease abstract and confirmation that the terms in the agreement reflect the terms in any letter of intent between you and the third-party seller or lessor.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 38–49)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body20's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee or their affiliate leases the site for their studio, they must arrange for the execution of a Lease Rider. This Lease Rider is in the form attached as Appendix D to the Franchise Agreement, which itself is attached as Exhibit A of the Disclosure Document. However, Body20 may waive this requirement in writing.
Body20's review of the Site Lease is solely for their own benefit and does not replace the need for the franchisee to have their own attorney review the lease. Body20 may also require the franchisee to engage an attorney to review the Site Lease or purchase agreement and provide documentation of that review, including a lease abstract and confirmation that the terms reflect any letter of intent between the franchisee and the lessor.
This requirement ensures that Body20 has some level of control and insight into the lease agreements its franchisees enter into, likely to protect its brand and operational standards. However, franchisees should be aware that Body20's review does not substitute for independent legal advice and due diligence on the franchisee's part.