Who are the affiliates of Epcon Communities Franchising, LLC?
Epcon_Communities Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Epcon Communities Marketing Program, Inc. ("Epcon Marketing") is an affiliate and subsidiary of ECFL, which was formed to facilitate the system-wide pooling and expenditure of funds used for marketing Units in Epcon Communities projects, including those of ECFL's franchisees and Epcon, Epcon Carolinas, Epcon Indiana, Epcon Georgia, and Epcon Tennessee,. Epcon Marketing's principal business address is 500 Stonehenge Parkway, Dublin, Ohio 43017.
ECFL has no predecessors required to be disclosed in this disclosure document.
Description of Epcon Communities Franchising, LLC's Business
ECFL is in the business of licensing franchisees to develop, construct and market attached and detached residential homes in residential community development projects using an original development system, copyrighted architectural plans (including plans for two, three or four-Unit attached buildings in various configurations and plans for single family detached residential Units (defined below)), and other building designs like illustrations, renderings, blueprints and models, all under uniform and distinctive methods, plans, standards, specifications and systems, as periodically modified by it (referred to in this disclosure document as the "Development System"). A residential dwelling unit in a condominium or platted lot single family development project is referred to in this disclosure document as a "Unit."
The Development System includes other special characteristics identified to the public by our service marks, trade name, emblems, signs, slogans, insignia and copyrights as have been designed by us for use with the Development System (referred to in this disclosure document as the "Marks").
When we use the word "you" in this disclosure document, we are referring to you as a prospective ECFL franchisee and to other ECFL franchisees. If you elect to acquire an ECFL franchise through a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity, the word "you" also includes the shareholders, partners, members, managers or owners of that entity. References to "currently" or "current" in this disclosure document mean as of the original issuance date of this disclosure document.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 8–11)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Epcon Communities Franchise Disclosure Document, several entities are affiliated with Epcon Communities Franchising, LLC (ECFL). These affiliates include Epcon Communities, LLC, EC New Vision Ohio, LLC, Epcon Communities Carolinas, LLC, EC New Vision Carolinas, LLC, EC New Vision Indiana, LLC, Epcon Indiana, EC New Vision Georgia, LLC, Epcon Georgia, and EC New Vision Tennessee, LLC, Epcon Tennessee and Epcon Communities Marketing Program, Inc. All these affiliates, except for Epcon Marketing, share the same principal business address as ECFL, which is 500 Stonehenge Parkway, Dublin, Ohio 43017. Epcon Marketing is also located at the same address.
Epcon Communities, LLC and EC New Vision Ohio, LLC are collectively referred to as "Epcon," while Epcon Communities Carolinas, LLC and EC New Vision Carolinas, LLC are referred to as "Epcon Carolinas" in the document. These affiliated entities are involved in developing and constructing residential community projects in various states, including Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Georgia, and Tennessee. They typically operate through single-member limited liability companies, utilizing the Epcon Communities Development System.
Epcon Communities Marketing Program, Inc. (Epcon Marketing) is a subsidiary of ECFL created to manage the pooling and spending of funds for marketing Epcon Communities projects. This includes projects by franchisees, Epcon, Epcon Carolinas, Epcon Indiana, Epcon Georgia, and Epcon Tennessee. The existence of these affiliates indicates a network of related companies involved in different aspects of the Epcon Communities business model, from development and construction to marketing and franchising.