Deferred Charges (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

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

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the scheduled amortization of the Company’s acquired “above-” and “below-market” lease intangibles for each of the five succeeding years (in thousands). Accrued rental income as reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets represents rental income recognized in excess of rent payments actually received pursuant to the terms of the individual lease agreements.



	Acquired Above-Market Lease Intangibles		Acquired Below-Market Lease Intangibles
2016	$	14,210	$	43,809
2017	11,756		33,112
2018	8,637		31,272
2019	7,106		26,434
2020	5,400		9,852

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