Deferred Charges (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Deferred charges consisted of the following at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (in thousands):



	2017			2016
Leasing costs, including lease related intangibles	$	1,147,181		$	1,132,092
Financing costs	14,991			6,094
	1,162,172			1,138,186
Less: Accumulated amortization	(483,134		)	(452,023		)
	$	679,038		$	686,163

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the scheduled amortization of the Company’s acquired “above-” and “below-market” lease intangibles for each of the five succeeding years (in thousands).



	Acquired Above-Market Lease Intangibles		Acquired Below-Market Lease Intangibles
2018	$	8,614	$	32,152
2019	7,106		27,281
2020	5,394		10,736
2021	2,988		6,399
2022	315		5,669

The following table summarizes the scheduled amortization of the Company’s acquired in-place lease intangibles for each of the five succeeding years (in thousands).



	Acquired In-Place Lease Intangibles
2018	$	33,651
2019	27,333
2020	14,464
2021	8,777
2022	4,758