Facilities and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Facilities and Equipment

Facilities and Equipment

Net facilities and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):

	Estimated depreciable life	December 27, 2016			December 29, 2015
Land		$	8,015		$	6,504
Buildings and leasehold/land improvements	5-40 years	175,574			147,250
Furniture and equipment	3-10 years	238,054			205,985
Construction in progress		9,112			7,722
		430,755			367,461
Less accumulated depreciation		(201,208		)	(163,993		)
Net facilities and equipment		$	229,547		$	203,468

Depreciation expense is included in other restaurant operating expense and corporate depreciation and amortization. Depreciation expense totaled $52.6 million, $46.3 million and $48.1 million in fiscal 2016, fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, respectively.