Parker & Stone, Inc., is looking at setting up a new manufacturing plant in Sout
ID: 2789549 • Letter: P
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 10 years ago for $4191000 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 $3078000. An engineer was hired to study the land at a cost of $676000, 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 $4941000 million to build, and the site requires $1321000 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
The amount paid for land and amount paid to engineer to study the land are sunk cost and should not considered in the project as they have already been paid for and would not do not represent actual cash flows.
Initial Investment = $4941000 + $1321000 = $6,262,000