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Acquisitions (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Acquisitions [Abstract]  
Schedule Of Acquisition Capital Expenditures



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

For the three months



 

ended March 31,



 

2016

 

2015



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

(in thousands)

Towers and related intangible assets

 

$

 74,844 

 

$

 42,630 

Land buyouts and other assets (1)

 

 

 16,988 

 

 

 10,649 

Total cash acquisition capital expenditures

 

$

 91,832 

 

$

 53,279 



(1)

In addition, the Company paid $3.6 million and $3.3 million for ground lease extensions and term easements on land underlying the Company’s towers during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The Company recorded these amounts in prepaid rent on its Consolidated Balance Sheets.