Future Minimum Rents

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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13. Future Minimum Rents

The properties are leased to tenants under net operating leases with initial term expiration dates ranging from 2017 to 2046. The future contractual minimum lease payments to be received (excluding operating expense reimbursements) by the Company as of December 31, 2016, under non-cancelable operating leases which expire on various dates through 2046, are as follows: 

Years Ending December 31,	(in thousands)
2017	$	1,906,847
2018	1,903,887
2019	1,887,137
2020	1,741,024
2021	1,553,526
Thereafter	9,367,433

No single tenant represented more than 10.0% of the Company’s total rental revenue for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014.