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SALE-LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS
6 Months Ended
Jul. 30, 2011
SALE-LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS  
SALE-LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 8SALE-LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS

 

The Company did not execute any sale-leaseback transactions during the twenty-six weeks ended July 30, 2011. During the twenty-six weeks ended July 31, 2010, the Company sold one property to an unrelated third party for net proceeds of $1.6 million. Concurrent with this sale, the Company entered into an agreement to lease the property back from the purchaser over a minimum lease term of 15 years. The Company classified this lease as an operating lease. The Company actively uses this property and considers the lease as a normal leaseback. The Company recorded a deferred gain of $0.4 million.

 

The Company operated 725 store locations at July 30, 2011, of which 232 were owned and 493 were leased.