Item 2. Properties
Item 2. Properties
In December 2019, the Company sold the corporate office consisting of a 139,000 square foot, two building complex in Edina, Minnesota that was owned by the Company. In March 2019, the Company signed a ten-year lease for a new corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the move to the new headquarters completed in April 2020.
The Company also operates offices in Toronto, Canada and Fremont, CA under long-term leases.
In fiscal year 2019, the Company sold its distribution centers located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Salt Lake City, Utah and signed long-term leases to continue to operate in the locations. The Chattanooga facility utilizes 230,000 square feet while the Salt Lake City facility utilizes 210,000 square feet.
The Company also leases the premises in which approximately 92% of our franchisees operate and has entered into corresponding sublease arrangements with the franchisees. Generally, these leases have a five year initial term and one or more five-year renewal options. All lease costs are passed through to the franchisees. Remaining franchisees who do not enter into sublease arrangements with the Company negotiate and enter into leases on their own behalf.
The Company operates all of its salon company-owned locations under leases or license agreements. Salons operating within strip centers, malls and Walmart Supercenters have leases with original terms of at least five years, generally with the ability to renew, at the Company's option, for one or more additional five year periods. Salons operating within department stores in Canada operate under license agreements, while freestanding or shopping center locations have real property leases comparable to the Company's company-owned locations.
None of the Company's salon leases are individually material to the operations of the Company, and the Company expects that it will be able to renew its leases on satisfactory terms as they expire or identify and secure other suitable locations. See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K.
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