In January 2017, Mitzu Co. pays $2,700,000 for a tract of land with two buildings on it. It plans to demolish Building 1 and build a new store in its place. Building 2 will be a company office; it is appraised at $570,000, with a useful life of 20 years and a $85,000 salvage value. A lighted parking lot near Building 1 has improvements (Land Improvements 1) valued at $570,000 that are expected to last another 19 years with no salvage value. Without the buildings and improvements, the tract of land is valued at $1,860,000. The company also incurs the following additional costs:

Cost to demolish Building 1	$	346,400
Cost of additional land grading		187,400
Cost to construct new building (Building 3), having a useful life of 25 years and a $398,000 salvage value		2,242,000
Cost of new land improvements (Land Improvements 2) near Building 2 having a 20-year useful life and no salvage value		178,000

Journal entry worksheet

Record the cost of the plant assets, paid in cash.