Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Mar. 04, 2017

11. Property, Plant and Equipment

Following is a summary of property, plant and equipment, including capital lease assets, at March 4, 2017 and February 27, 2016:

	2017			2016
Land	$	217,112		$	221,409
Buildings		754,289			764,497
Leasehold improvements		2,353,066			2,245,307
Equipment		2,512,748			2,416,316
Software		16,316			6,111
Construction in progress		71,954			153,236

		5,925,485			5,806,876
Accumulated depreciation		(3,673,793	)		(3,551,478	)

Property, plant and equipment, net	$	2,251,692		$	2,255,398

Depreciation expense, which included the depreciation of assets recorded under capital leases, was $346,081, $322,396 and $298,523 in fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Included in property, plant and equipment was the carrying amount, which approximates fair value, of assets to be disposed of totaling $1,057 and $3,256 at March 4, 2017 and February 27, 2016, respectively.