What is the Design and Construction Standards document for The Standardx?
The_Standardx Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Party must sign a comfort letter or similar agreement that we reasonably specify. (Sections 2.1 and 2.7 of Franchise Agreement)
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- Communicate our then current specifications and requirements for designing and developing a Brand Hotel, including the Design and Construction Standards. We will provide a briefing virtually, at our headquarters, or at another location we designate, to acquaint your managing owner or senior operations officer with our building process and support structure. If you are constructing a new Hotel at the site, you must design and construct the Hotel according to our Design and Construction Standards and Hotel System, and we and/or Hyatt Corporation will provide technical and design assistance related to the Hotel's development. If you are converting an existing hotel from another brand to the Hotel System, you must renovate the Hotel according to the PIP, which may reference some or all of our Design and Construction Standards and the Hotel System. The PIP is attached to the Franchise Agreement when we and you sign it. You may not
make any material changes to plans set forth in the PIP (including any changes to any structural or life safety equipment or systems, the number and/or type of guest rooms or common areas, or any architectural features), without our prior written consent, which we will not unreasonably withhold. We and our affiliates may operate, and authorize others to operate, Brand Hotels within or outside the United States providing additional, fewer and/or different amenities and services to guests than the Hotel provides, or that otherwise operate in a manner that is substantially different from the manner in which the Hotel operates.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 48–64)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to The Standardx's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisor communicates the current specifications and requirements for designing and developing a Brand Hotel, including the Design and Construction Standards. The Standardx will provide a briefing virtually, at their headquarters, or at another location they designate, to acquaint the managing owner or senior operations officer with their building process and support structure.
For franchisees constructing a new hotel, they must design and construct the hotel according to The Standardx's Design and Construction Standards and Hotel System. The Standardx and/or Hyatt Corporation will provide technical and design assistance related to the Hotel's development. If a franchisee is converting an existing hotel from another brand to The Standardx Hotel System, they must renovate the Hotel according to a Property Improvement Plan (PIP), which may reference some or all of The Standardx's Design and Construction Standards and the Hotel System. The PIP is attached to the Franchise Agreement when it is signed.
The Standardx must approve the initial design development documents and detailed plans for a new Hotel or renovation plans for conversion of an existing structure, including working drawings and specifications, if they comply with the Design and Construction Standards, the Hotel System, and System Standards. The franchisee must prepare and submit the plans to The Standardx for approval and change the plans as The Standardx specifies. The franchisee may not begin constructing, remodeling, or developing the Hotel until The Standardx has approved the plans. The franchisee may not change the approved plans, including by changing any structural or life safety equipment or systems, the number or type of guest rooms or common areas, or any architectural features, without prior approval.