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Leases
12 Months Ended
Feb. 02, 2013
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases
LEASES
We lease the land or the land and buildings at many of our stores. Additionally, we lease office facilities, warehouses and equipment. Most of these leases are classified as operating leases and they expire at various dates through 2080. The majority of our fixed, non-cancelable lease terms are 15 to 30 years for Nordstrom full-line stores and 10 to 15 years for Nordstrom Rack stores. Many of our leases include options that allow us to extend the lease term beyond the initial commitment period, subject to terms agreed to at lease inception. Most of our leases also provide for payment of operating expenses, such as common area charges, real estate taxes and other executory costs, and some leases require additional payments based on sales, referred to as "percentage rent."
Future minimum lease payments as of February 2, 2013 are as follows:
Fiscal year
Capital leases

 
Operating leases  

2013

$2

 

$153

2014
2

 
159

2015
2

 
158

2016
2

 
155

2017
1

 
144

Thereafter
1

 
850

Total minimum lease payments
10

 

$1,619

Less: amount representing interest
(2
)
 
 
Present value of net minimum lease payments

$8

 
 

Rent expense for 2012, 2011 and 2010 was as follows:
Fiscal year
2012

 
2011

 
2010

Minimum rent:
 
 
 
 
 
Store locations

$124

 

$108

 

$94

Offices, warehouses and equipment
32

 
23

 
19

Percentage rent
14

 
12

 
9

Property incentives
(65
)
 
(65
)
 
(60
)
Total rent expense

$105



$78



$62


The rent expense above does not include common area charges, real estate taxes and other executory costs which were $74 in 2012, $69 in 2011 and $65 in 2010.