OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS

OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS

NOTE F – OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS

While the Company maintains ownership of most of its larger terminals and distribution centers, certain facilities and equipment are leased. Certain of the leases are renewable for additional periods with similar rent payments. Rental expense for operating leases, including rentals with initial terms of less than one year, totaled $25.0 million, $30.2 million, and $24.1 million in 2015, 2014, and 2013, respectively.

The future minimum rental commitments, net of minimum rental to be received under noncancelable subleases, as of December 31, 2015 for all noncancelable operating leases were as follows:

					Equipment
			Land and		and
	Total		Structures		Other
		(in thousands)
2016	$	14,697	$	14,130	$	567
2017		12,289		12,116		173
2018		10,338		10,258		80
2019		8,488		8,424		64
2020		7,016		7,016		—
Thereafter		10,487		10,487		—
	$	63,315	$	62,431	$	884

As of December 31, 2015, the Company had a $40.1 million commitment to construct a new corporate headquarters and call center building to facilitate the continuing growth in its asset‑light logistics businesses.