What must a Sonesta Select Sonesta Essential franchisee do regarding construction plans and specifications?
Sonesta_Select_Sonesta_Essential Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
nts in compliance with the PIP and any other construction plans and specifications approved by us; (3) decorate your Hotel in compliance with plans and specifications approved by us; and (4) obtain all customary contractors' sworn statements and partial and final waivers of lien for construction, remodeling, decorating and installation services. You agree to use the vendor(s) we select, if any (which may include us or our affiliates), for design, engineering, construction management and purchasing services in connection with the conversion of your Hotel.
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- Plans and Designs. You must submit to us your plans, layouts, specifications, and drawings for your Hotel (collectively, the "Plans"), and your plans, layouts, specifications, and drawings for the proposed furnishings, fixtures, equipment and décor of your Hotel (collectively, the "Designs") with respect to the Renovation Work. We may supply you with representative prototype guest room and public area plans and schematic building plans as a guide for preparation of the Plans and Designs. Our approval of such Plans and Designs does not warrant the depth of our analysis or assume any responsibility for the efficacy of the Plans and Designs, or the resulting Renovation Work. You acknowledge and agree that you will not rely upon any approval we may provide you for the Plans or Designs for any purpose whatsoever except compliance with our then prevailing Brand Standards.
You are solely responsible for ensuring your Hotel and Renovation Work comply in all respects with all public laws, bylaws, statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, permits, licenses, authorizations, directions and requirements of all governments and governmental authorities, which, now or hereafter, may apply to the construction, completion, equipping and opening of your Hotel and the operation of your Hotel, including environmental, zoning, building, and life safety. We have the right to, and you will arrange for us to, participate in all progress meetings during the Renovation Work and to have access to your Hotel during reasonable business hours to inspect your Hotel, its construction, renovations, completion, furnishing and equipping. However, we are not obligated to participate in such progress meetings, or to inspect your Hotel, and our participation and inspection is not to be considered as a representation of the adequacy of the construction, the structural integrity, or the sufficiency of mechanical and electrical systems for your Hotel or the Renovation Work.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 84)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a Sonesta Select Sonesta Essential franchisee is required to submit plans and designs for their hotel to the franchisor for approval. These plans, referred to as "Plans," include layouts, specifications, and drawings for the hotel itself. Additionally, franchisees must submit "Designs," which encompass plans, layouts, specifications, and drawings for the proposed furnishings, fixtures, equipment, and décor of the hotel. This submission is required with respect to the Construction Work or Renovation Work. Sonesta Select Sonesta Essential may provide prototype guest room and public area plans and schematic building plans as a guide.
However, Sonesta Select Sonesta Essential's approval of these Plans and Designs does not constitute a warranty of their efficacy or an assumption of responsibility for the Construction Work or Renovation Work. The franchisee acknowledges that any approval provided by Sonesta Select Sonesta Essential is solely for compliance with the brand's standards.
In the case of a property improvement plan (PIP), the franchisee must construct all required improvements in compliance with the PIP and any other construction plans and specifications approved by Sonesta Select Sonesta Essential. The franchisee is also responsible for decorating the hotel in compliance with plans and specifications approved by Sonesta Select Sonesta Essential. Sonesta Select Sonesta Essential may require the franchisee to use specific vendors for design, engineering, construction management, and purchasing services related to the conversion of the hotel.