Property and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

Note 7. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

	September 30,			December 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Land and land interests	$	32,481		$	34,532
Buildings and leasehold improvements		374,549			377,754
Equipment and other		400,085			417,239
Gross property and equipment		807,115			829,525
Accumulated depreciation		(352,456	)		(353,974	)
Property and equipment, net (excluding finance leases)		454,659			475,551
Finance lease right-of-use assets, net		22,786			25,350
Property and equipment, net	$	477,445		$	500,901

Depreciation expense was $11.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and $35.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Depreciation expense was $12.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and $34.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Amortization expense on finance lease assets was $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and $2.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Amortization expense on finance lease assets was $0.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Property and equipment purchased through accounts payable and accrued liabilities decreased $6.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and increased $2.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

We recorded fixed asset impairment charges primarily related to capitalized software of $0.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020.