What is the purpose of the Lease Addendum that Body Brain Center requires?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We do not review the terms of your lease. However, 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 the Franchise Agreement as Attachment "C". 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. The terms of the Lease Addendum are designed to protect our interests. For example, the landlord must notify us of your defaults, offer us the opportunity to cure your defaults, allow us to take an assignment of your lease in certain situations, permit us to enter the premises to remove items bearing our Marks if you refuse to do so and give us a right of first refusal to lease the premises upon the expiration or termination of your lease.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 16–19)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body Brain Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Lease Addendum is designed to protect the franchisor's interests in several key ways. Body Brain Center does not review the terms of a franchisee's lease; however, Body Brain Center requires franchisees to have their landlord sign a Lease Addendum that is attached to the Franchise Agreement. If the landlord refuses to sign the Lease Addendum in substantially the same form, Body Brain Center may require the franchisee to find a new site for their center.
The Lease Addendum ensures that the landlord must notify Body Brain Center of any defaults by the franchisee. It also provides Body Brain Center with the opportunity to correct these defaults. Furthermore, the addendum allows Body Brain Center to take over the lease in certain situations, such as if the franchisee fails to meet their obligations. It also permits Body Brain Center to enter the premises to remove items bearing their trademarks if the franchisee refuses to do so.
Finally, the Lease Addendum grants Body Brain Center a right of first refusal to lease the premises upon the expiration or termination of the franchisee's lease. This provision ensures that Body Brain Center has the first opportunity to secure the location if the franchisee's lease ends or is terminated, which helps maintain brand presence and continuity.