Deferred Charges (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Deferred Charges [Abstract]

Deferred Charges

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

	2016			2015
Leasing costs, including lease related intangibles	$	1,132,092		$	1,123,105
Financing costs	6,094			6,094
	1,138,186			1,129,199
Less: Accumulated amortization	(452,023		)	(424,332		)
	$	686,163		$	704,867

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).

	Acquired Above-Market Lease Intangibles		Acquired Below-Market Lease Intangibles
2017	$	11,697	$	33,871
2018	8,609		32,156
2019	7,100		27,318
2020	5,394		10,736
2021	2,988		6,294

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
2017	$	37,547
2018	32,831
2019	26,556
2020	13,885
2021	8,365