What are the conditions that must be met before a Body Brain Center can open?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You agree to locate and obtain our approval of the premises from which you will operate your Business.
The premises must be located within the Site Selection Area identified in Part A of Attachment "B" and must conform to our minimum site selection criteria.
You must send us a complete site report (containing the demographic, commercial and other information, photographs and video tapes that we may reasonably require) for your proposed site.
We have the right to accept or reject all proposed sites in our commercially reasonable judgment.
We will use our best efforts to approve or disapprove a proposed site within ten (10) business days after we receive all of the requisite materials.
You understand that our approval of a site does not constitute a representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, of the suitability of the site for a Body & Brain Center.
Our approval of the site indicates only that we believe the site meets our minimum criteria.
Our site approval will be indicated on Part B of Attachment "B", which you and we will both sign upon site approval.
- 7.2 Lease.
If you will lease the premises for your Center, you must use your best efforts to ensure your landlord signs the Lease Addendum that is attached to this Agreement as Attachment "C".
If your landlord refuses to sign the Lease Addendum in substantially the form attached to this Agreement, we have the right to disapprove of your lease in our commercially reasonable judgment, in which case you must find a new site for your Center.
- 7.3 Construction.
After you purchase or sign the lease for your premises, you must construct and equip the premises to the specifications contained in the Manual and purchase (or lease) and install the equipment, fixtures, signs and other items that we require.
You acknowledge these requirements are necessary and reasonable to preserve the identity, reputation and goodwill we developed and the value of the franchise.
Before you open, we must approve the layout of your Center.
- 7.4 Opening.
You must open your Center to the public within two (2) years after the Effective Date.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 43–178)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body Brain Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, there are several conditions that a franchisee must meet before opening their center. The franchisee must first locate a premises for the Body Brain Center, and then obtain Body Brain Center's approval of the site. The location must be within the Site Selection Area and conform to Body Brain Center's minimum site selection criteria. The franchisee needs to send a complete site report with demographic, commercial, and other information, including photographs and video tapes. Body Brain Center has the right to accept or reject any proposed site based on their commercially reasonable judgment and will try to make a decision within ten business days of receiving all required materials.
The approval of a site by Body Brain Center does not guarantee the site's suitability, but only indicates that it meets the minimum criteria. If the franchisee leases the premises, they must try to get the landlord to sign the Lease Addendum. If the landlord refuses to sign the Lease Addendum, Body Brain Center has the right to disapprove the lease, and the franchisee will need to find a new site.
After securing the premises, the franchisee must construct and equip it according to the specifications in the Manual, and purchase or lease and install the required equipment, fixtures, and signs. Body Brain Center must approve the layout of the center before it opens. Finally, the franchisee must open their Body Brain Center to the public within two years of the Effective Date of the franchise agreement.