PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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


	December 31,
	2016			2015
Land and improvements	$	234,862		$	207,405
Buildings and improvements		3,509,825			3,443,791
Equipment and software		379,811			360,168
Office furniture and fixtures		35,651			35,018
Construction in progress		29,831			30,401

		4,189,980			4,076,783
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(1,352,323	)		(1,193,723	)

	$	2,837,657		$	2,883,060

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments

Future minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2016 under these and other operating leases, inclusive of $242.3 million of payments expected to be made under the cancelable lease at the South Texas facility, are as follows (in thousands):


2017	$	51,397
2018		51,413
2019		51,423
2020		51,510
2021		39,550
Thereafter		290