Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Mar. 03, 2018

12. Property, Plant and Equipment

Following is a summary of property, plant and equipment, including capital lease assets, at March 3, 2018 and March 4, 2017:

	2018			2017
Land	$	138,768		$	141,453
Buildings		528,026			528,076
Leasehold improvements		1,567,635			1,566,666
Equipment		1,795,337			1,810,405
Software		25,944			16,316
Construction in progress		59,635			62,537

		4,115,345			4,125,453
Accumulated depreciation		(2,684,099	)		(2,598,991	)

Property, plant and equipment, net	$	1,431,246		$	1,526,462

Depreciation expense, which included the depreciation of assets recorded under capital leases, was $238,318, $241,787 and $229,760 in fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Included in property, plant and equipment was the carrying amount, which approximates fair value, of assets to be disposed of totaling $972 and $1,057 at March 3, 2018 and March 4, 2017, respectively.