Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property And Equipment

Property and Equipment:

Property and equipment consists of the following:

(in thousands)	Useful Lives	December 28, 2019			December 29, 2018
Land and land improvements	0 - 10 years	$	457,960		$	453,511
Buildings	30 - 40 years	498,871			488,977
Building and leasehold improvements	2 - 15 years	535,082			504,518
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	2 - 20 years	1,850,485			1,740,960
Vehicles	2 - 10 years	14,612			14,636
Construction in progress		114,052			84,885
		3,471,062			3,287,487
Less - Accumulated depreciation		(2,037,849		)	(1,918,502		)
Property and equipment, net		$	1,433,213		$	1,368,985

Depreciation expense relating to Property and equipment was $206.7 million, $201.6 million and $206.9 million for 2019, 2018 and 2017. We capitalized $29.1 million, $13.0 million and $11.2 million incurred for the development of internal use computer software during 2019, 2018 and 2017. These costs are currently classified in the Construction in progress category above, but once placed into service within the Furniture, fixtures equipment category, these costs will be depreciated on the straight-line method over 3 to 10 years.

In 2019, 2018 and 2017, we recognized impairment losses of $2.3 million, $13.4 million and $13.3 million, primarily on store and corporate assets.