Taxes, insurance and lease expense from continuing operations were comprised of the following (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Hotel lease expense^(a)	$	1,488	$	1,524	$	3,648	$	5,762
Land lease expense^(b)	3,871		3,892		10,890		10,684
Real estate and other taxes	7,884		5,691		23,243		22,048
Property insurance, general liability insurance and other	1,899		1,609		5,807		5,439
Total taxes, insurance and lease expense	$	15,142	$	12,716	$	43,588	$	43,933

In the third quarter of 2016, we acquired land previously leased for one of our hotels for $8.0 million.

(a)

We record hotel lease expense for the consolidated operating lessees of hotels owned by unconsolidated entities and partially offset this expense through noncontrolling interests in other partnerships (generally 49%). We record our 50% share of the corresponding lease income through equity in income from unconsolidated entities. We include in hotel lease expense percentage rent of $686,000 and $726,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $1.2 million and $2.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.


(b)	We include in land lease expense percentage rent of $2.0 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $4.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.