Is Body20's written acceptance required for each proposed site under the Development Agreement?
Body20 Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
The Development Agreement does not require you to buy or | ease from us (or our affiliates), our designees, or approved suppliers, or according to our | pecifications, any goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, computer hardware | nd software, or comparable items related to establishing or operating your business under the | Development Agreement. However, each proposed site for a Studio must satisfy our site- selection criteria and is subject to our written acceptance. Additionally, as otherwise provided in | his Disclosure Document, our form of Franchise Agreement covers these items.
Before you or an Affiliate make a binding commitment to purchase, lease, or sublease a site, we must accept the location in writing and approve in writing the proposed lease or purchase agreement or any letter of intent between you and the third-party seller or lessor.
If you identify a site in the Site Selection Area on your own that is reasonably suited for the conduct of the Studio and is consistent with any site selection guidelines that we may provide, before entering into any lease or purchase agreement for the site, you must submit a site proposal package describing details about the proposed site and provide any other information that we reasonably require.
We will review each site that we, our designated broker, or you identify and determine whether to accept it using our proprietary site selection assistance criteria.
You acknowledge that we may refuse to accept a proposed site for any reason.
A site is not accepted until you have received our acceptance in writing, as indicated by our delivery of the completed and signed Schedule 1.
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 .
You must obtain our written consent before you use a modified or different form of such agreements or waivers.
After we have accepted the final Plans, you may not modify the Plans without our prior written consent.
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.
Source: Item 9 — FRANCHISEE'S OBLIGATIONS (FDD pages 37–38)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body20's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, each proposed site for a Body20 studio must satisfy the franchisor's site-selection criteria and is subject to their written acceptance. Before a franchisee makes a binding commitment to purchase, lease, or sublease a site, Body20 must accept the location in writing and approve the proposed lease or purchase agreement, or any letter of intent between the franchisee and the third-party seller or lessor, also in writing.
Before entering into any lease or purchase agreement for a site, the franchisee must submit a site proposal package describing details about the proposed site and provide any other information that Body20 reasonably requires. Body20 will review each site and determine whether to accept it using their proprietary site selection assistance criteria. The FDD states that Body20 may refuse to accept a proposed site for any reason.
A site is not considered accepted until the franchisee receives Body20's acceptance in writing, indicated by their delivery of the completed and signed Schedule 1. If the franchisee or their affiliate leases the site, they must arrange for the execution of the Lease Rider by them and their landlord, unless Body20 waives this requirement in writing.
Furthermore, franchisees must get Body20's written consent before modifying or using a different form of agreements or waivers. After Body20 accepts the final construction plans, the franchisee may not modify the Plans without Body20's prior written consent. Before beginning any construction, the franchisee must obtain Body20's written approval of the Plans and their choice of general contractor.