What is the 'Construction Completion Date' for a Surestay Hotel By Best Western, and where is it specified?
Surestay_Hotel_By_Best_Western Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
6.3 Completion of the Hotel Work.
6.3.1 Your Hotel will not be placed in the Reservation Service until you complete the Hotel Work. The Hotel Work must be completed on or before the Construction Completion Date or Renovation Completion Date specified in the Addendum. You may request an extension by submitting a written request for our approval before the applicable deadline, describing the status of the project and the reason for the requested extension, and paying our thencurrent extension fee. We may condition our approval on an update to the Designs and Plans. Once commenced, the Hotel Work will continue uninterrupted except to the extent continuation is prevented by events of Force Majeure. You must give written notice to us specifying the nature and duration of any event of Force Majeure promptly after becoming aware of the event, and specifying that you have used, and continue to use, reasonable endeavors to mitigate the effects of such event until such event ceases to exist. On verification of the event of Force Majeure, we will approve an extension of the Construction Completion Date or Renovation Completion Date for up to six (6) months. You must promptly provide to us evidence that the Hotel Work has commenced
if we request it.
6.3.2 On completion of the Hotel Work and, as a condition to our authorization to open the Hotel, your architect, general contractor or other certified professional must provide us with a certificate stating that the as-built premises comply with all Laws relating to accessibility/accommodations/facilities for those with disabilities, if applicable.
6.4 Opening the Hotel Under This Agreement.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 88–286)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Surestay Hotel By Best Western Franchise Disclosure Document, the Construction Completion Date for a new construction hotel is specified in the Addendum to the Franchise Agreement. The Addendum includes a blank field for the 'Construction Completion Date,' which is to be determined and entered into the agreement.
This date is a critical deadline, as Surestay Hotel By Best Western will not place the franchisee's hotel in its Reservation Service until the hotel work is completed. The franchisee can request an extension to this date by submitting a written request before the deadline, explaining the project's status and the reason for the extension, and paying the current extension fee. Surestay Hotel By Best Western may also require an update to the Designs and Plans as a condition of approval.
Once the hotel work begins, it must continue without interruption, except for events of Force Majeure. If such an event occurs, the franchisee must promptly notify Surestay Hotel By Best Western in writing, specifying the nature and duration of the event and demonstrating efforts to mitigate its effects. Upon verification of the Force Majeure event, Surestay Hotel By Best Western may approve an extension of the Construction Completion Date for up to six months. The franchisee must also provide evidence that the hotel work has commenced if requested.
Upon completion of the hotel work, the franchisee's architect, general contractor, or another certified professional must provide Surestay Hotel By Best Western with a certificate stating that the premises comply with all laws relating to accessibility/accommodations/facilities for those with disabilities, if applicable, as a condition to opening the hotel.