Where must the Cordova Administrative Office be located?
Cordova Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
in this Item 11 in more detail.
Site Selection
You must obtain our approval of a site that you select for your Administrative Office. Generally, we do not typically own or lease the real property that will serve as your Administrative Office and you are responsible for all costs and expenses in locating and evaluating proposed sites. Before you enter into a lease or other agreement for your Administrative Office you must obtain our approval. Your Administrative Office must be located within your Operating Territory at a site that we approve. We will provide you with site selection guidelines. Within 60 days of signing your Franchise Agreement you must secure an Administrative Office location and lease that we approve. If you do not meet this requirement for any reason, including our disapproval of a proposed Administrative Office location and/or your failure to find a suitable Administrative Office location that we approve during the 60 day period, we may terminate your Franchise Agreement without refunding any fees to you if you do not cure this default within 30 days of notice from us.
Within 30 days of our written receipt and submission of all information and documentation that we may request, we will respond to your proposed request for our approval or disapproval of the proposed location of your Administrative Office. Factors that into consideration include: characteristics of the proposed site; whether or not the proposed site meets our criteria for non-retail back-office operations; and the location of your proposed site relative to your overall Operating Territory and proximity to other franchisee operating territories.
Time to Open
You may not open your Cordova Business until you have completed our initial training requirements, obtained the necessary licensing and authorization from state and regulatory agencies within your Operating Territory and have obtained and provided us with written proof of the required insurance, and have timely secured an Administrative Office location that we approved.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 23–28)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Cordova's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Administrative Office must be located within the franchisee's Operating Territory at a site that Cordova approves. The franchisee is responsible for all costs associated with finding and evaluating potential sites. Cordova must approve the site before the franchisee enters into a lease or other agreement.
Cordova will respond to a proposed location request within 30 days of receiving all required information and documentation. Factors considered for approval include the site's characteristics, whether it meets Cordova's criteria for non-retail back-office operations, and its location relative to the Operating Territory and other franchisee territories.
The franchisee must secure an approved Administrative Office location and lease within 60 days of signing the Franchise Agreement. Failure to do so may result in termination of the Franchise Agreement, without a refund of any fees, if the franchisee does not cure the default within 30 days of notice from Cordova. The franchisee may not open their Cordova Business until they have secured an approved Administrative Office location.