Demographic, Site, and Lease Requirements

Choosing sites for your Dunkin' Donuts^® restaurant franchises is all about location, location, location. Our real estate and construction experts stand ready to assist as you identify and develop your restaurants' physical space.

Preferred Site Characteristics

• Site Size: 1/4 - 2 acres
• Building Size: 1,200 to 2,600 sq. ft.
• Morning drive side
• Drive-thru
• Freestanding, shared pad or end-cap located in mixed use "major tenant" community shopping center with national or regional tenants
• High visibility from major arteries
• Easy ingress and egress (no more than 2 turns in or out)
• Minimum of one (1) parking space for every three (3) seats
• Signage:
  • Building: maximize sq. ft., (use prototypical colors and materials)
  • Pylon and/or monument: maximize sq. ft., use prototypical colors and materials

Preferred Demographics & Traffic Count

• Residential population:
  • 15,000 within 3-minute drive-time (suburban)
  • 25,000 within a 5-minute drive-time (suburban)
• Median HH Income: $30,000+
• Minimum Traffic Count: 20,000 ADT

Typical Lease Requirements

• Lease Terms: Covers franchise term: (i.e., ten (10) year term, with two (2) five (5) year options to renew
• Negotiated tenant improvement allowance (optional)
• Standard "vanilla" shell, with the following upgrades included:
  
  • Electric:
    • Satellite: 208 volts/400 AMP/ (3) 42 circuit panels / 3-phase, 4-wire electrical service per tenant plans
    • Full Producer: 208 volts/600 AMP/ (3) 42 circuit panels / 3-phase, 4-wire electrical service per tenant plans
  • HVAC:
    • Satellite: 1 ton HVAC per 150 sq. ft of leased premises, distributed per tenant plans
    • Full Producer: 1 ton HVAC per 130 sq. ft of leased premises, distributed per tenant plans
  • Restrooms: Two (2) public restrooms per tenant plans that are code approved
  • Water: 1 1/2" metered copper line with dedicated and accessible shut off
  • Gas: Sufficient to provide one million BTU heating capacity
  • Ceiling: 11 foot (finished) ceiling
  • Sprinkler: As required by code
  • Utilities: All utilities, service and hookups to space, 4" sewer waste line 24" below grade minimum (as dictated by frost line and/or code)