Does Crave provide architectural and design plans for the Restaurant, and are they provided on loan?
Crave Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We will provide, on loan, one (1) set of prototypical architectural and design plans and specifications for your Restaurant. You shall, at your expense, have such architectural and design plans and specifications adapted for construction and/or improvement of your Restaurant in accordance with Article 2 using an architect or design that we have approved or designated.
You must obtain any architectural, engineering and design services required for the construction of the Restaurant at your own expense from an architectural design firm approved or designated by us. You shall adapt the prototypical architectural and design plans and specifications for construction of the Restaurant provided to you by us in accordance with Section 5.3 as necessary for the construction of the Restaurant and shall submit such adapted plans to us for our review. Such plans must comply with applicable laws (including the Americans with Disabilities Act), ordinances and building codes for the city and state in which the Restaurant will be located. If we determine, in our reasonable discretion, that any such plans are not consistent with the best interests of the System, we may prohibit the implementation of such plans, and in this event will notify you of any objection(s) within ten (10) days of receiving such plans. If we fail to notify you of an objection to the plans within this time period, you may use such plans. If we object to any such plans, we shall provide you with a reasonably detailed list of changes necessary to make the plans acceptable. We shall, upon a re-submission of the plans with such changes, notify you within ten (10) days of receiving the resubmitted plans whether the plans are approved. If we fail to notify you in writing of any objection within such time period, you may use the resubmitted plans. You acknowledge that our review of such plans relates only to compliance with the System and that approval by us of such plans does not constitute a representation, warranty, or guarantee, express or implied, by us that such plans are accurate or free of error concerning their design or structural application, or that such plans comply with any laws, ordinances or building codes applicable to the Accepted Location.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 63–253)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Crave's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Crave will provide one set of prototypical architectural and design plans and specifications for the Restaurant on loan to the franchisee. However, the franchisee is responsible for adapting these plans for construction or improvement of their Restaurant. This adaptation must be done at the franchisee's expense, using an architect or designer that Crave has approved or designated.
The franchisee must obtain any additional architectural, engineering, and design services required for the construction of the Restaurant at their own expense from a firm approved or designated by Crave. The franchisee is responsible for adapting the prototypical plans provided by Crave to comply with all applicable laws, ordinances, and building codes, including the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Crave retains the right to review and approve the adapted plans. If Crave finds the plans inconsistent with the best interests of the system, they may prohibit their implementation, notifying the franchisee of any objections within ten days of receiving the plans. If Crave fails to object within this period, the franchisee may proceed with the plans. If objections are raised, Crave will provide a detailed list of necessary changes, and the franchisee must resubmit the plans with those changes. Crave will then have another ten days to approve or object to the resubmitted plans. Crave's approval of the plans relates only to compliance with the Crave system and does not constitute a warranty or guarantee of accuracy, freedom from error, or compliance with applicable laws and codes.