What options does Itan have if the landlord refuses to sign the Lease Addendum?
Itan Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If you lease the Premises, you must negotiate with your landlord, if necessary, to modify your lease in order to provide you with a term of at least 10 years from the Conversion Date.
You must also cause your landlord to execute our required Lease Addendum.
We may require that you complete these steps prior to execution of the Franchise Agreement and this Addendum.
At a minimum, we may require execution of the Lease Addendum as a condition to us issuing our Certificate of Conversion Completion pursuant to §5 of this Addendum.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 44–190)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
Based on the 2025 Itan Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee converting their current business to an Itan salon must get their landlord to sign Itan's required Lease Addendum. Itan may require the franchisee to complete this step before the Franchise Agreement and addendum are executed. At a minimum, Itan may require execution of the Lease Addendum as a condition to issuing their Certificate of Conversion Completion.
However, the FDD does not explicitly state what options Itan has if the landlord refuses to sign the Lease Addendum. The document only specifies that the franchisee must negotiate with their landlord to modify the lease and cause the landlord to execute the addendum.
Therefore, a prospective Itan franchisee should ask the franchisor directly about the specific procedures or alternatives available if a landlord refuses to sign the Lease Addendum. This is a crucial point to clarify, as the landlord's cooperation appears to be a condition for finalizing the franchise agreement and commencing operations.