Construction of Building A building was constructed on land purchased last year at a cost of $150,000. Construction began on February 1 and was completed on November 1. The payments to the contractor were as follows.

Date Payment 2/1 $120,000 6/1 360,000 9/1 480,000 11/1 100,000

To finance construction of the building a $600,000, 12% construction loan was taken out on February 1. The loan was repaid on November 1. The firm had $200,000 of other outstanding debt during the year at a borrowing rate of 8%.

Note: no need to record a journal entry, just record the land and building acquisition cost as of November 1.