What factors does Creative World School consider when evaluating a potential site?
Creative_World_School Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
4.01 Site Selection. If you have not done so prior to signing this Agreement, you must, within 120 days of signing this Agreement, locate a Site for your School that we have approved. The Site must meet our criteria, which we will provide you, for demographic characteristics, traffic patterns, parking, character and safety of neighborhood, competition from and proximity to other businesses, schools and other Schools, the nature of other businesses in proximity to the Site and other commercial or residential characteristics and the size, appearance, other physical characteristics of the proposed Site and the proposed Site's suitability for children and construction and development of a School. Proposed Sites must be a minimum of 1.5 useable acres or such space as we deem appropriate for the development and operation of a School in that location. We will approve or disapprove a Site you propose for a School within 60 days after we receive from you a complete Site report and any other materials we request. Our notice to you of approval, if any, will include our requirements for the particular Site's usable acre requirements. But, we may, prior to your acquisition or lease of the Site, change, modify or amend them if we deem circumstances or Construction needs warrant such changes. You must comply with all changes we may designate to such usable acreage. You acknowledge and agree that:
- (a) our recommendation or approval of the Site, does not imply, guaranty, assure, warrant or predict profitability or success, express or implied;
- (b) our recommendation or approval of the Site indicates only that we believe that the Site falls within the acceptable demographic and other criteria for sites and premises that we have established as of the time of our recommendation or approval of the Site;
- (c) application of criteria that have appeared effective with respect to other sites and premises may not accurately reflect the potential for all sites and premises, and, after our approval of a site, demographic and/or other factors included in or excluded from our criteria could change to alter the potential of a site and premises; and
(d) the uncertainty and instability of such criteria are beyond our control, and we will not be responsible for the failure of a site and premises we have recommended or approved to meet expectations as to potential revenue or operational criteria.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 80–247)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Creative World School's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company has specific criteria for site selection. Within 120 days of signing the Franchise Agreement, franchisees must find a site that meets Creative World School's standards, which the company will provide.
These criteria include demographic characteristics, traffic patterns, parking availability, the character and safety of the neighborhood, competition from other businesses and schools (including other Creative World School locations), proximity to other businesses, the nature of businesses near the site, residential and commercial characteristics, and the size, appearance, and physical characteristics of the proposed site. Creative World School also considers the site's suitability for children and for the construction and development of a school. The site must be a minimum of 1.5 usable acres, or another size deemed appropriate by Creative World School for that specific location.
Creative World School will approve or disapprove a proposed site within 60 days of receiving a complete site report and any other requested materials from the franchisee. The approval notice will include the specific usable acre requirements for that site. However, Creative World School can change, modify, or amend these requirements before the franchisee acquires or leases the site if construction needs or other circumstances warrant such changes. Franchisees must comply with any changes to the usable acreage requirements.
The FDD emphasizes that Creative World School's recommendation or approval of a site does not guarantee profitability or success. It only indicates that the site meets the company's demographic and other criteria at the time of approval. The document also acknowledges that the effectiveness of these criteria may vary from site to site and that demographic or other factors could change after approval, affecting the site's potential. Creative World School is not responsible for a site's failure to meet revenue or operational expectations due to the uncertainty and instability of these criteria.