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Originally Posted by adcatalano

Smart businesses own the land they have their buildings on and lease out space for additional income. These are typically the exceptions with most businesses being the ones who lease the buildings. I typically see TRUs near malls and other smaller shopping centers, so I very much doubt they own their properties

They have both, owned and leased. The initial list of 180 stores were all leased ones. Over half of the remaining U.S. stores were owned by the company. The one by me survived that first cut solely because it was owned outright.