PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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

	December 31,
	2017			2016
Land and improvements	$	260,038		$	234,862
Buildings and improvements		3,556,118			3,509,825
Equipment and software		399,630			379,811
Office furniture and fixtures		34,510			35,651
Construction in progress		28,104			29,831
		4,278,400			4,189,980
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(1,475,951	)		(1,352,323	)
	$	2,802,449		$	2,837,657

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments

Future minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2017 under operating leases, inclusive of $189.5 million of payments expected to be made under the cancelable lease at the South Texas facility, are as follows (in thousands):

2018	$	51,552
2019		51,466
2020		51,554
2021		37,508
2022		313
Thereafter		—