Hospitality lounge overlooking the city

CRAYS FRANCHISE

ONE PROPERTY.
FOUR POSSIBILITIES.

CRAYS reviews properties across four Ventures
and develops suitable propositions into prepared, location-backed opportunities.

PROPERTY INFOUR-CONCEPT FITDEAL PACKAGEPARTNER MATCHFUNDINGBUILD & OPEN

WHY CRAYS

FOUR VENTURES.
ONE CRAYS UMBRELLA.

Coffee, Retail, Gym and Clubs are four distinct opportunities to own and operate under one CRAYS umbrella. Each keeps its customer experience. CRAYS links real places, community and specialists; a long-term Nostr identity vision supports permissioned—not automatic—relationships.

CRAYS COFFEE concept
OWN CAPITAL FROM €10KMINIMUM AREA FROM 25 m²

CRAYS COFFEE

Neighborhood cafés

CRAYS RETAIL concept
OWN CAPITAL FROM €25KMINIMUM AREA FROM 100 m²

CRAYS RETAIL

Destination retail

CRAYS GYM concept
OWN CAPITAL FROM €50KMINIMUM AREA FROM 500 m²

CRAYS GYM

Performance spaces

CRAYS CLUBS concept
OWN CAPITAL FROM €500KMINIMUM AREA FROM 1,000 m²

CRAYS CLUBS

Work, live and play

HOW CRAYS SUPPORTS THE OPPORTUNITY

100%
DATA-DRIVEN.

REVIEWED EVIDENCE.
INFORMED DECISIONS.

100% data-driven is the CRAYS operating principle: every review is designed to use connected, traceable evidence—not one score, one provider screen or an automatic decision. Sources, dates, versions, scope and open questions remain visible. Evidence informs the next authorized decision; it never guarantees the outcome.

  1. CONNECTED EVIDENCE

    External location and market intelligence can be reviewed beside property, Candidate, commercial, financial, design, delivery and operating evidence. Source, date, method, version, scope and limitations stay with the view.

  2. ONE CRAYS WORKING CONTEXT

    CRM, project, ERP and related capabilities are organized around one CRAYS decision context, so the work can move through one governed product instead of disconnected tool silos. Source authority remains intact.

  3. SCOPED TRANSPARENCY

    Property Owners, Candidates, Funding Partners, Investors, Vendors and CRAYS teams receive the current, released view relevant to their authorized relationship and decision—not unrestricted access to every number, record or document.

FOR PROPERTY OWNERS & BROKERS

WHICH CRAYS
VENTURES COULD FIT?

Introduce a property you own or represent once—without choosing a CRAYS Venture in advance. CRAYS reviews it against relevant Formats across Coffee, Retail, Gym and Clubs.

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Commercial property prepared for CRAYS review

ONE INTAKE. SEPARATE DECISIONS.

CRAYS reviews usable layout, access and visibility, technical base, planning route, commercial fit and delivery readiness for each relevant Format. Each Property–Format Assessment keeps its own evidence, version and decision. It may progress, reroute or close with a reason; one no-fit never rejects the property across every other Format. Review never guarantees acceptance.

People reviewing information together at a screen

PREPARED DEALS

EVIDENCE FOR THE DECISION AHEAD.

A Prepared Deal is a reviewed, versioned proposition for one property and one CRAYS Format. It keeps sources, dates and versions visible, while assumptions and gaps remain explicit.

  1. PROPERTY
  2. MARKET
  3. COMMERCIAL
  4. FINANCIAL
  5. DESIGN
  6. OPENING

Where a Deal Manager is assigned, guidance is limited to evidence released to that relationship. Preparation supports evaluation; it does not mean property acceptance, franchise award, funding, return or opening approval. Each lender decides independently. The Marketplace shows released public summaries—or an honest zero state.

EXPLORE PRE-PACKED DEALS

START WITH YOUR ROLE

ONE PLATFORM.
YOUR NEXT DECISION.

Choose the relationship that describes what you bring into the CRAYS network. Each route opens the relevant public information and explains the next governed step.

Brick-and-steel commercial interior with open floor space

PROPERTY OWNERS & BROKERS

COULD YOUR PROPERTY FIT ONE OR MORE CRAYS FORMATS?

See the six public review questions: usable layout, access and visibility, technical base, planning route, commercial fit and delivery readiness. Exact addresses, authority evidence, plans, terms and fit outcomes stay relationship-scoped; review never guarantees acceptance.

HOW PROPERTY MATCHING WORKS

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VALID EVIDENCE CAN REMAIN WITH ITS RECORD

WHEN ONE PATH STOPS, VALID WORK CAN STILL HAVE A NEXT ROUTE.

CRAYS is designed to keep each Property Opportunity, Deal Package, Franchise Candidate, Funding Case and decision separate. Still-valid evidence may stay only where lawfully retained with its original record and purpose; it is not automatically current, complete, transferable or public. Every next route requires its own applicable approval, consent, scope, release and decision. Nothing reroutes automatically, and no replacement, fit, funding, timing or opening is guaranteed.

Illustrated path from research and planning to ideas and solutionsINTENDED OPERATING MODEL

  1. A CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS

    CHANGES

    The affected Candidate–Deal Match and its selection state close or change under their own rules.

    STAYS WITH ITS RECORD

    The Property Opportunity, assessment, Deal Package versions and release history remain separate. Candidate history stays only where lawfully retained for its own purpose.

    NEXT ROUTE

    Subject to availability, new relationship approval and a fresh evidence release, another Candidate may enter a separate match. The withdrawn Candidate may inspect another released package separately. Neither route is automatic or guaranteed; private evidence does not cross scopes without authority.

  2. A LENDER DECLINES

    CHANGES

    The declining lender’s Lender Review closes. Its independent decision, reason and conditions stay specific to that review; the Funding Case changes only under its own workflow.

    STAYS WITH ITS RECORD

    The Funding Case, Candidate–Deal Match, Franchise Candidate, Deal Package, Property Opportunity and prior review history remain separate, subject to lawful retention and access rules.

    NEXT ROUTE

    A different eligible lender may receive a newly assigned Lender Review only after applicable Candidate approval or consent, relationship authorization and an approved versioned evidence release. Nothing is broadcast or rerouted automatically, and no approval, terms or funding is guaranteed.

  3. A FORMAT DOES NOT FIT

    CHANGES

    Only that Property–Format Assessment is rejected or superseded. A package from an invalid assessment follows its own close or supersede rules.

    STAYS WITH ITS RECORD

    The Property Opportunity, still-valid source evidence, provenance, other assessments and historical records stay with their own records, subject to lawful retention.

    NEXT ROUTE

    CRAYS may assess another relevant Coffee, Retail, Gym or Clubs Format. Nothing starts automatically; a new Deal Package requires that separate assessment’s approval and versioned evidence. Reuse is limited by source, date, scope and validity; no fit or opening is guaranteed.

NO FULL RESET NEVER MEANS NO REWORK. Expired, property-specific, Candidate-specific, lender-specific or invalid evidence must be refreshed or excluded.

Designed continuity, not live automation. Public visitors never see the internal relationship graph.

SEE THE COMPLETE PROCESS

THE CRAYS ASSOCIATION

ONE WIDER ECOSYSTEM.
SEPARATE RELATIONSHIPS.

CRAYS Franchise sits within a wider ecosystem of physical places, community, shared technology, governance and capital. The Association provides a neutral coordination frame for independent participants; it does not merge their contracts, economics or permissions.

  1. PHYSICAL

    CONTRIBUTION

    Participants may contribute property through a separately reviewed relationship; real places and the Coffee, Retail, Gym and Clubs Ventures make CRAYS tangible.

    BOUNDARY

    Each property and Format still requires its own review and approval; no location, fit or opening is promised.

  2. COMMUNITY

    CONTRIBUTION

    Independent people and organizations can contribute operating capability, specialist delivery, local knowledge or community.

    BOUNDARY

    Membership creates neither a customer relationship nor marketing consent and grants no supplier work.

  3. TECHNOLOGY

    CONTRIBUTION

    Participants may contribute technology through a separately approved relationship. Shared infrastructure is designed to connect structured records, released views and continuity across chosen CRAYS relationships.

    BOUNDARY

    Nostr may support portable identity and chosen relationship signals; CRAYS Core permissions, explicit consent, suppression and organization, location and Venture scope remain authoritative.

  4. GOVERNANCE

    CONTRIBUTION

    The Association is intended to govern shared brand and community infrastructure and a cost-efficient support path for Franchise Partner marketing.

    BOUNDARY

    Each campaign, customer relationship and permission remains separate. Membership grants no Franchise, brand-use, voting, token, tax, legal-class or Portal right.

  5. CAPITAL

    CONTRIBUTION

    Funding and investment relationships remain separately scoped and independently decided.

    BOUNDARY

    Association membership grants no offer, capital access, funding, investment approval or return.

Association membership does not submit a property, register Franchise interest, qualify a Funding Partner, create an Investor or Vendor relationship, or authorize Portal records.

Each CRAYS.pro path starts separately and keeps its own review, agreement and access scope. Property and Franchise actions stay on CRAYS.pro; Association membership continues at crays.org.

CRAYS ASSOCIATION MEMBER

CHOOSE YOUR ROUTE

ENTER THE CRAYS ROUTE
THAT FITS YOU.

FOR PROPERTY OWNERS & BROKERS

Bring one property into a structured multi-format review.

SUBMIT A PROPERTY