PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property and equipment, at cost, consists of the following (in thousands):


	December 31,
	2014			2013
Land and improvements	$	127,221		$	127,246
Buildings and improvements		3,048,836			3,058,748
Equipment and software		326,603			316,696
Office furniture and fixtures		30,884			30,969
Construction in progress		276,508			93,187

		3,810,052			3,626,846
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(1,151,424	)		(1,080,233	)

	$	2,658,628		$	2,546,613

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments

Future minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2014 under these operating leases, inclusive of $287.4 million of payments expected to be made under the cancelable lease at the South Texas facility, are as follows (in thousands):


2015	$	83,427
2016		79,538
2017		73,412
2018		53,733
2019		—
Thereafter		—