Coach -- Your first franchise location must be Southwest Austin. There are plenty of vacant warehouses and still lots of empty land should you want to build SAWFAC from the ground up. You can reap all the benefits of Brooklyn (big piles of hipster cash) with none of the drawbacks (deadlifts are not illegal in ATX).
I wouldn't open a business in Travis County.
Also the ridiculous requirement for a permit that can cost $10,000 to show the government that you're not secretly using the gym as a front to charge people money for handjobs.
If someone opened a Black Iron gym in Brooklyn, it would require all of the staff to maintain a handlebar moustaches like old timey strongmen, and it would have a selection of craft beers to go with each lift.
And yet, there you remain, as if you are helpless.