What criteria must my proposed site meet for Degree Wellness approval?
Degree_Wellness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- Review and approve or disapprove your proposed Studio site (Franchise Agreement – Section 3.1). You must seek and select a mutually agreeable site within your Site Selection Area within 120 days after signing the Franchise Agreement. We will inform you of our approval or disapproval of your proposed site within 15 days of your proposal of the Studio site. The site must meet our criteria for demographics; traffic patterns; parking; ingress and egress; character of neighborhood; competition from, proximity to, and nature of other businesses; size; appearance; and other physical and commercial characteristics. We require your Studio to be a minimum of 1,800 square feet in size. Studios are typically located in high-traffic strip malls. For each proposed site, you must submit to us, in the form we specify, a description of the site and any other information or materials that we may require. We will not unreasonably withhold approval of a site that meets our standards for general location and neighborhood, traffic patterns, parking size, layout, lease terms, and other physical characteristics for Degree Wellness Studios. If you fail to identify a mutually agreeable site by the established deadline, then we may terminate your Franchise Agreement and the initial Franchise Fee may be forfeited.
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- If we require, approve the terms of the lease for the premises of your Studio (Franchise Agreement – Section 3.1). You must lease the premises for the Studio within 180 days after signing the Franchise Agreement. We may terminate your Franchise Agreement if you do not sign your lease by this deadline. Generally, we do not own premises that are leased to Studios. Your lease must include the provisions required by the Franchise Agreement, or you must obtain our express written approval as to any variations or exclusions of such provisions in your lease.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 32–42)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Degree Wellness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisor must review and approve the proposed studio site. The franchisee is responsible for finding a mutually agreeable site within their Site Selection Area within 120 days of signing the Franchise Agreement. Degree Wellness will then inform the franchisee of their decision within 15 days of the site proposal.
The site must meet Degree Wellness's criteria for demographics, traffic patterns, parking, ingress and egress, the character of the neighborhood, competition, proximity to other businesses, size, appearance, and other physical and commercial characteristics. The studio must be a minimum of 1,800 square feet in size and is typically located in high-traffic strip malls. The franchisee must submit a description of the site and any other required information to Degree Wellness in the specified form.
Degree Wellness states that they will not unreasonably withhold approval of a site that meets their standards for general location, neighborhood, traffic patterns, parking size, layout, lease terms, and other physical characteristics. Failure to identify a mutually agreeable site by the deadline may result in the termination of the Franchise Agreement and forfeiture of the initial Franchise Fee. Degree Wellness may also need to approve the lease terms for the premises, and the franchisee must lease the premises within 180 days of signing the Franchise Agreement.