What information is a franchisee required to submit for location approval of a Body Brain Center?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
XHIBIT "H".
Site Development (Section 7 & 10.6)
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.
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, before opening a Body & Brain Center, franchisees must have the location approved by the franchisor. To get the location approved, franchisees must submit all required information about the location. This information includes the address, pictures of the facility and neighborhood, square footage, a description of the neighborhood and demographics, and estimated rent. The franchisee must also submit any other information that Body Brain Center requires.
Body Brain Center will consider factors such as parking, size, traffic patterns, the general location, the existence and location of competitive businesses (including Dahn Yoga Centers), lease terms, demographics, the general character of the neighborhood, and various economic indicators. Body Brain Center does not allow a Body & Brain Center to be located in a residence.
Body Brain Center states that it will usually approve or reject a proposed location within 10 business days after receiving all required information. However, Body Brain Center reserves the right to take longer based on the circumstances. Franchisees must also have the terms of their lease approved before signing. The franchisee must use their best efforts to have the landlord sign the Lease Addendum attached to the Franchise Agreement. Body Brain Center will approve or reject the lease within 10 business days after receiving it, along with the Lease Addendum agreed to by the landlord. If the landlord refuses to sign the Lease Addendum, Body Brain Center may require the franchisee to find a new site.