Deferred Charges

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Deferred Charges [Abstract]

Deferred Charges

4. Deferred Charges

Deferred charges consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands): 

	2015			2014
Leasing costs, including lease related intangibles	$	1,123,105		$	1,234,192
Financing costs	61,402			69,127
	1,184,507			1,303,319
Less: Accumulated amortization	(451,670		)	(471,575		)
	$	732,837		$	831,744

The following table summarizes the scheduled amortization of the Company’s acquired in-place lease intangibles for each of the five succeeding years (in thousands).

	Acquired In-Place Lease Intangibles
2016	$	52,456
2017	36,438
2018	31,913
2019	26,067
2020	13,325