Table:
|  | 2019 | 2018 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Restaurants: |  |  |
| Restaurant facility expenditures | $9,202 | $17,949 |
| Purchases of assets intended for sale or sale and leaseback | 21,660 | 5,497 |
| New restaurants | 1,381 | 2,088 |
| Other, including information technology | 3,597 | 7,572 |
|  | 35,840 | 33,106 |
| Corporate Services: |  |  |
| Information technology | 9,405 | 4,584 |
| Other, including facility improvements | 2,404 | 152 |
|  | 11,809 | 4,736 |
| Total capital expenditures | $47,649 | $37,842 |
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Investing Activities. Cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities changed from a source of$65.7 million in 2018 to a use of $13.8 million in 2019. This change of$79.5 million primarily resulted from a decrease of$62.9 million in cash proceeds from the sale of company-operated restaurants, including repayments of notes issued in connection with 2018 refranchising transactions, and an increase of $9.8 million in capital expenditures.
Capital Expenditures — The composition of capital expenditures in each fiscal year is summarized in the table below (in thousands):
Our capital expenditure program includes, among other things, restaurant remodeling, information technology enhancements, and investments in new locations and equipment. In 2019, capital expenditures increased by $9.8 million primarily due to an increase of $16.2 million in purchases of assets intended for sale or sale and leaseback, partially offset by a $8.7 million decrease in restaurant capital maintenance and facility improvement spending mainly from a decrease in the average number of company-operated restaurants compared to the prior year. The increase in purchases of assets intended for sale or sale and leaseback was primarily due to the Company’s purchase of a commercial property in Los Angeles, California, on which an existing company restaurant and another retail tenant are located. The purchase price was $17.3 million, and we currently intend to sell the entire property and lease back the parcel on which our company operated restaurant is located within the next 12 months.
Question:
Why was there an increase in purchases of assets intended for sale or sale and leaseback?
Answer: Purchase of a commercial property in Los Angeles, California