Item 2. Properties
Item 2. Properties
The Company signed a ten-year lease for its corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota in March 2019 and moved into the headquarters in April 2020. The leases expires in 2030. The Company also operates an office in Fremont, California under a long-term lease that ends in 2029.
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. As part of the Company's transition away from wholesale distribution, the Company plans to exit both facilities by December 31, 2021. In fiscal year 2022, we signed agreements to sublease the facilities in the short-term before a full lease novation in fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
The Company also leases the premises in which approximately 91% of our franchisees operate and has entered into corresponding sublease arrangements with these 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. As leases renew, the Company intends for franchisees to sign the non-Walmart leases directly so it will no longer be the primary tenant.
The Company operates all of its company-owned salons under lease agreements. Salons operating within strip centers, malls and Walmart 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.
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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