What kind of approval is required for the construction, build-out, and layout of a Body Brain Center?
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, franchisees must obtain approval for the premises from which they will operate their Business. The premises must be located within the Site Selection Area identified in Attachment B and conform to Body Brain Center's minimum site selection criteria. The franchisee must submit a complete site report with demographic, commercial, and other information, including photographs and video tapes, for the proposed site. Body Brain Center has the right to accept or reject all proposed sites based on their commercially reasonable judgment and will use their best efforts to approve or disapprove a proposed site within ten business days after receiving all required materials.
After the franchisee purchases or signs the lease for their premises, they 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 Body Brain Center requires. Before opening, Body Brain Center must approve the layout of the Center. These requirements are in place to preserve the identity, reputation, and goodwill of the Body Brain Center brand.
If the franchisee leases the premises, they must use their best efforts to ensure that the landlord signs the Lease Addendum attached to the Franchise Agreement as Attachment C. If the landlord refuses to sign the Lease Addendum in substantially the form attached to the Agreement, Body Brain Center has the right to disapprove of the lease, in which case the franchisee must find a new site for their Center. The franchisee must open their Center to the public within two years after the Effective Date.