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Acquisitions (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Acquisitions [Abstract]  
Schedule Of Acquisition Capital Expenditures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the three months

 

For the nine months

 

 

ended September 30,

 

ended September 30,

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

Towers and related intangible assets

 

$
76,475 

 

$
71,688 

 

$
358,675 

 

$
1,019,733 

Land buyouts (1)

 

 
9,154 

 

 
9,586 

 

 
50,036 

 

 
29,015 

Total cash acquisition capital expenditures

 

$
85,629 

 

$
81,274 

 

$
408,711 

 

$
1,048,748 

 

(1)

In addition, the Company paid $4.0 million and $2.7 million for ground lease extensions and term easements on land underlying the Company’s towers during the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and paid $12.7 million and $7.8 million for ground lease extensions and term easements on land underlying the Company’s towers during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company recorded these amounts in prepaid rent on its Consolidated Balance Sheets.