Item 2. Properties.

We own and lease approximately 3.33 million square feet of building space in 120 locations around the world.

In the U.S., we have 29 locations including 405 thousand square feet of owned space and 1.37 million square feet that we lease. Principal locations in the U.S. include:

(i) a planned Global headquarters in New York, New York; once completed it will house various business units including Direct-to-Consumer, Corporate functions, U.S. Ad Sales, U.S. Networks and Discovery Digital Studios,

(ii) two leased offices across New York, New York, collectively used to support Corporate functions, U.S. Ad Sales, U.S. Networks, Direct-to-Consumer and Discovery Digital Studios, which will be consolidated into the Global Headquarters after their leases expire in 2021,

(iii) three owned offices in Knoxville, Tennessee, used for general office space, technology support and content production (including studios and production support), and warehouse space, respectively,

(iv) two leased offices in Los Angeles, California, used for general office space by our U.S. Networks, U.S. Ad Sales and Corporate functions, and by our U.S. Networks and content production functions (including production support), respectively,

(v) leased general office space in Miami, Florida, primarily used by our International Networks segment, where work is underway to reduce our real estate footprint in 2021, and

(vi) an owned technical facility in Sterling, Virginia, used to manage all technical aspects of the majority of our global linear and digital businesses.

We also own and lease approximately 1.56 million square feet of building space at 91 locations outside of the U.S. and are rationalizing our overall real estate footprint as individual leases expire.

In Poland, our TVN business unit has 34 locations including 299 thousand square feet of owned space and 392 thousand square feet that we lease. The TVN office locations are used for linear and digital news and entertainment content production, including studios, warehouse, production, technology, broadcasting and supporting office space, and are located primarily in Warsaw and Krakow. Other principal locations outside of the U.S. include the Office, Production and Playout space in the U.K. and France, and Office and Production space in New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Germany, and Italy.

We have undertaken consolidations across our global real estate portfolio, resulting in a reduction of approximately 196 thousand square feet.

Each property is considered to be in good condition, adequate for its purpose, and suitably utilized according to the individual nature and requirements of the relevant operations. Our policy is to improve and replace property as considered appropriate to meet the needs of the individual operation.

Our facility management response to COVID-19 was immediate and our site teams continue to follow guidelines issued by local, national and regional public and government health authorities. Our enhanced cleaning and disinfecting programs were proactive and are ongoing and we are addressing environmental and building infrastructural components such as air quality, ventilation and filtration.