How does Degree Wellness review and approve my proposed Studio site?
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 or disapprove your proposed studio site. Within 120 days of signing the Franchise Agreement, you are required to find a mutually agreeable site within your Site Selection Area. Degree Wellness will then inform you of their decision regarding your proposed site within 15 days of your proposal.
The site must meet Degree Wellness's criteria, which includes 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 and is typically located in high-traffic strip malls. You must submit a description of the site and any other required information or materials in the specified form to Degree Wellness for each proposed site.
Degree Wellness will not unreasonably withhold approval of a site that meets their standards for general location and neighborhood, traffic patterns, parking size, layout, lease terms, and other physical characteristics. Failure to identify a mutually agreeable site by the established deadline may result in the termination of your Franchise Agreement, and you may forfeit the initial Franchise Fee. Degree Wellness also has the right to approve the terms of the lease for the premises, if they require it. You must lease the premises within 180 days after signing the Franchise Agreement, and failure to do so may also result in the termination of the agreement.