PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

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


	December 31,
	2015			2014

Land and improvements	$	207,405		$	127,221
Buildings and improvements		3,443,791			3,048,836
Equipment and software		360,168			326,603
Office furniture and fixtures		35,018			30,884
Construction in progress		30,401			276,508

		4,076,783			3,810,052
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(1,193,723	)		(1,151,424	)


	$	2,883,060		$	2,658,628

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments

Future minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2015 under these and other operating leases, inclusive of $206.7 million of payments expected to be made under the cancelable lease at the South Texas facility, are as follows (in thousands):


2016	$	80,109
2017		73,993
2018		54,337
2019		615
2020		563
Thereafter		864