Parker & Stone, Inc., is looking at setting up a new manufacturing plant in Sout
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Question
Parker & Stone, Inc., is looking at setting up a new manufacturing plant in South Park to produce garden tools. The company bought some land 14 years ago for $4217000 in anticipation of using it as a warehouse and distribution site, but the company has since decided to rent these facilities from a competitor instead. If the land were sold today, the company would net $3747000. An engineer was hired to study the land at a cost of $840000, and her conclusion was that the land can support the new manufacturing facility. The company wants to build its new manufacturing plant on this land; the plant will cost $4758000 million to build, and the site requires $504000 worth of grading before it is suitable for construction. What is the proper cash flow amount to use as the initial investment in fixed assets when evaluating this project?
Explanation / Answer
Cash outflow at T0=
Cost of new land = 840000$
Plant cost= 4758000$
Site grading=. 504000$
Total fixed investment = 6102000$
Note: the market value of the land has been ignored as it was not originally purchased to use for the new manufacturing plant. And even the question is silent about using it for new project.
If we assume that the plant could be set up on that land then the replacement cost would be included.