Is a franchisee required to purchase or lease the premises for their Body Brain Center?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must purchase or lease the premises from which you will operate your Business. A Body & Brain Center typically ranges in size from 600 to 1,500 square feet. Your Center must have one or more training rooms and a lobby of at least 100 square feet. Before opening your Business, we must approve the location, build-out and design of your Center. In reviewing a proposed location, we will consider factors including parking, size, traffic patterns, general location, existence and location of competitive businesses (including Dahn Yoga Centers), lease terms, demographics and general character of the neighborhood and various economic indicators. Your Center may not be located in a residence. Usually, we will approve or reject your proposed location within 10 business days after you submit to us all information regarding the location that we require (including address, pictures of the facility and neighborhood, square footage, description of the neighborhood and demographics, estimated rent, and anything else we require), although we reserve the right to take a longer period of time based on the circumstances.
We also must approve the terms of your lease before you sign it. You must use your best efforts to cause your landlord to sign the Lease Addendum that is attached to the Franchise Agreement as Attachment "C". We will approve or reject the lease within 10 business days after we receive it (together with the Lease
Addendum agreed to by your landlord). The scope of our review islimited to ensuring that the lease includes certain provisions that are designed for our protection (particularly the provisions included in the Lease Rider). We do not review the substantive terms, quality or merits of your lease. If your landlord refuses to sign the Lease Addendum in substantially the form attached to the Franchise Agreement, we may require that you find a new site for your Center.
We must approve the location for your Business before you open within 2 years after signing the Franchise Agreement, unless we grant you an extension of up to 2 additional years. Your failure to secure an approved location within the required time period constitutes an event of default under the Franchise Agreement, in which case we may terminate your franchise.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE**, ADVERTISING, **COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 20–29)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body Brain Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to either purchase or lease the premises from which they will operate their Body & Brain Center. The typical size for a Body Brain Center ranges from 600 to 1,500 square feet, and must include one or more training rooms and a lobby of at least 100 square feet. The FDD specifies that a Body Brain Center cannot be located in a residence.
Before opening the Body Brain Center, the franchisor must approve the location, build-out, and design of the center. In considering a proposed location, Body Brain Center will assess factors such as parking, size, traffic patterns, the location of competitors (including Dahn Yoga Centers), lease terms, demographics, the general character of the neighborhood, and various economic indicators. The franchisor typically approves or rejects a proposed location within 10 business days after receiving all required information, but they reserve the right to take longer based on the circumstances.
Body Brain Center also requires approval of the lease terms before the franchisee signs the lease. Franchisees are expected to make their best effort to have the landlord sign a Lease Addendum attached to the Franchise Agreement. The franchisor's review of the lease is limited to ensuring it includes provisions designed for their protection, particularly those in the Lease Rider; they do not review the substantive terms, quality, or merits of the lease. If the landlord refuses to sign the Lease Addendum, Body Brain Center may require the franchisee to find a new site. The location for the Body Brain Center must be approved within 2 years of signing the Franchise Agreement, although extensions of up to 2 additional years may be granted. Failure to secure an approved location within the required timeframe constitutes a default under the Franchise Agreement, potentially leading to termination of the franchise.