Access and scheduling
The critical dates at each unit belong to someone else. Your general contractor turns the space over after the final inspection, the franchisor's field team schedules a pre-opening visit, and your equipment vendors install anything plumbed or wired. We slot our placement date between turnover and that visit, with enough room behind it for staff training. When a contractor slips, the placement date moves and the plan stays the same.
Each unit gets its own site sheet: which door the crew uses, the landlord's permitted hours, whether the pad site has a rear service door or only the front, where the truck can stand in a shared lot, and who has the keys. New retail pads often have curing floors or unfinished parking, so we ask for a walk-through before the first date. If a landlord needs a certificate of insurance, the site sheet notes the exact names, so the paperwork is ready before each opening.


