Item 2. Properties
Item 2. Properties
Since 2006, our North American home office has been located in several buildings on one campus in the historic core of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Navy Yard. The consolidated offices at the Navy Yard campus allow for an efficient operation of our Philadelphia-based offices and will help to support our growth needs for the foreseeable future. Our North American home offices are approximately 575,000 square feet, and we own or have options to purchase adjacent buildings that would allow for additional expansion if necessary.
Our three European home offices were consolidated into one location on the former Truman Brewery Site in London, England during fiscal 2020. The office is approximately 70,000 square feet and houses all of our brand and shared leadership teams as well as a wholesale showroom and photo studio. The term of this lease is set to expire in July 2029, and we have the option to renew for up to an additional 10 years.
Our North American retail stores are supported by two distribution centers. We own a 291,000 square foot distribution center in Gap, Pennsylvania, which supports approximately half of our retail store merchandise. We lease a 214,500 square foot distribution center in Reno, Nevada that supports the remaining half of our retail store merchandise. The term of this lease is set to expire in June 2027, and we have the option to renew for up to an additional twenty years.
We own and operate an approximately 956,000 square foot fulfillment center in Indiana, Pennsylvania, for which construction was completed in fiscal 2020. The center primarily stores and distributes certain home products, home furnishings and electronics for the Retail segment and includes a customer contact center.
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We own and operate a 1,000,000 square foot fulfillment center in Gap, Pennsylvania. The center primarily fulfills Retail and Wholesale segment customer orders.
We own and operate a 463,000 square foot fulfillment center in Reno, Nevada that is used primarily to house and distribute merchandise to our western United States digital customers.
We lease a 40,000 square foot customer contact center in Martinez, Georgia. The lease term expires in fiscal 2024 with two five-year renewal options.
We lease a 309,000 square foot fulfillment center located in Bristol, Pennsylvania, which is primarily used to conduct our Nuuly Rent operations. The lease commenced in fiscal 2020 and is set to expire in July 2034 with options to renew for up to an additional ten years. In addition, this fulfillment center has been recently used to support increased customer demand in the digital channel.
We own and operate an approximately 400,000 square foot omni-channel fulfillment center in Peterborough, England that supports our European stores, digital and wholesale channels. We began construction on the facility during fiscal 2020 and completed the installation of the remaining material handling equipment and became fully operational during fiscal 2022. We exited our distribution and fulfillment centers in Rushden, England during fiscal 2022 upon completion of the omni-channel fulfillment center in Peterborough, England.
In fiscal 2021, we purchased land in Kansas City, Kansas for the development of an approximately 880,000 square foot omni-channel fulfillment center. Construction of the facility began in fiscal 2021 and is expected to be fully operational during fiscal 2024. The facility will support the growth and expansion of our Retail segment business in North America by providing more efficient and faster inventory processing, as well as faster and more consistent delivery times to our stores and digital customers. To support customer demand until the omni-channel fulfillment center is operational, we signed a lease in fiscal 2022 for an approximately 401,000 square foot fulfillment center located in Kansas City, Missouri. The term of this lease is set to expire in November 2023, and we have options to renew through fiscal 2027.
Improvements in recent years, as described in Item 7: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources, were necessary to adequately support our growth. For more information on our distribution center properties, see Item 1: Business—Company Operations— Distribution . We believe that our centers are well maintained and in good operating condition.
All of our stores are leased, well maintained and in good operating condition. Our retail stores are typically leased for a term of ten years with renewal options for an additional five to ten years. Total estimated selling square feet for stores open, under lease as of January 31, 2022, by Urban Outfitters, the Anthropologie Group and the Free People Group was approximately 2,264,000, 1,813,000, and 367,000, respectively. The average store selling square feet is approximately 9,000 for Urban Outfitters, 8,000 for the Anthropologie Group and 2,000 for the Free People Group. Selling square feet can sometimes change due to factors such as floor moves, use of staircases and cash register configuration.
The following table shows the location of each of our existing retail locations, as of January 31, 2022:
Urban
Outfitters
Anthropologie
Group
Free
People Group
Menus &
Venues
Total
United States
184
206
162
10
562
Canada
18
11
5
—
34
Europe
59
21
6
—
86
Total Company-Owned Stores
261
238
173
10
682
Franchisee-Owned Stores (1)
2
1
—
—
3
Total URBN
263
239
173
10
685
(1)
Located in the United Arab Emirates.
In addition to the stores listed above, the Wholesale segment operates sales and showroom facilities in Dallas, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and London that are leased through 2022, 2023, 2024, 2028 and 2029, respectively.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
We are party to various legal proceedings arising from normal business activities. Management believes that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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