Note 4 - Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

(4)

     

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

December 31,	2016			2015
Land	$	318,832		$	281,982
Building and improvements		611,798			527,545
Service equipment		80,953			70,559
Furniture, office equipment, signs and fixtures		141,248			119,250
		1,152,831			999,336
Less accumulated depreciation		(167,300	)		(137,853	)
		985,531			861,483
Construction in progress		20,599			15,177
	$	1,006,130		$	876,660

Long-lived Asset Impairment Charges

In

2015,

we recorded

$3.6

million of impairment charges associated with certain properties and equipment. As the expected future use of these facilities and equipment changed, the long-lived assets were tested for recoverability and were determined to have a carrying value exceeding their fair value. We did not record any impairment charges associated with properties and equipment in

2016

or

2014.

In

2016,

we tested long-lived assets for recoverability and determined their undiscounted cash flows exceeded their carrying value.