Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Note 5 — Property, Plant and Equipment

The components of property, plant and equipment, excluding discontinued operations, are:

	December 31, (in thousands)
	2016			2015
Land	$	253		$	253
Building and improvements		5,816			5,645
Rental property		5,345			5,330
Furniture and equipment		13,890			11,804
		25,304			23,032
Less accumulated depreciation		(18,269	)		(17,316	)
	$	7,035		$	5,716

The estimated useful lives of buildings and improvements and rental property are twenty to twenty-five years.  The estimated useful lives of furniture and equipment range from three to eight years.  Depreciation expense from continuing operations was $2.1 million and $1.1 million for 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The Company leases a portion of its headquarters facility to various tenants.  Net rent received from these leases totaled $0.3 million and $0.3 million for 2016 and 2015, respectively.  Future minimum rent payments due to the Company under these lease arrangements are approximately $0.2 million, and $0.1 million 2017 and 2018, respectively.

The Company leases office space under various operating leases. Rental expense from continuing operations on operating leases was approximately $1.6 million and $1.4 million for 2016 and 2015, respectively.  Future minimum lease payments under all non-cancelable operating leases are (in thousands):

2017		1,360
2018		1,109
2019		895
2020		328
2021		208
Thereafter		503
	$	4,403