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Timber Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Timber Assets
Timber Assets

As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, timber and timberlands consisted of the following, respectively:
 
As of December 31, 2014
 
Gross
 
Accumulated
Depletion or
Amortization
 
Net
Timber
$
258,648,037

 
$
14,788,215

 
$
243,859,822

Timberlands
298,943,503

 
—

 
298,943,503

Mainline roads
614,513

 
316,601

 
297,912

Timber and timberlands
$
558,206,053

 
$
15,104,816

 
$
543,101,237


 
As of December 31, 2013
 
Gross
 
Accumulated
Depletion or
Amortization
 
Net
Timber
$
149,859,173

 
$
8,505,024

 
$
141,354,149

Timberlands
184,114,333

 
—

 
184,114,333

Mainline roads
498,237

 
240,321

 
257,916

Timber and timberlands
$
334,471,743

 
$
8,745,345

 
$
325,726,398



Timberland Acquisitions

During the year ended December 31, 2014, CatchMark Timber Trust acquired the following timberland properties:

Property Name
 
State(s)
 
Date of Acquisition
 
Acres
 
Purchase Price
exclusive of closing costs
(in millions)
Waycross - Panola properties
 
Georgia / Texas
 
April 11, 2014
 
36,320

 
73.7

Satilla River property
 
Georgia / Florida
 
October 2, 2014
 
17,913

 
34.3

Oglethorpe property
 
Georgia
 
October 2, 2014
 
37,663

 
76.4

Beauregard property
 
Louisiana
 
October 30, 2014
 
21,009

 
38.0

Small property acquisitions (1)
 
Georgia
 

 
8,707

 
$
12.8

Total
 
 
 
 
 
121,612

 
$
235.2


(1) Small property acquisitions represent completed acquisitions with individual purchase prices less than $20.0 million.

During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, CatchMark Timber Trust acquired 1,786 acres and 30,199 acres of timberland for approximately $1.4 million and $20.5 million, respectively, excluding closing costs.

Timberland Sales

During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, CatchMark Timber Trust sold approximately 3,761 acres, 1,167 acres, and 6,016 acres of timberland, respectively, for approximately $10.6 million, $2.5 million, and $11.0 million, respectively. CatchMark Timber Trust’s cost basis in the timberland sold was approximately $5.1 million, $1.6 million, and $7.2 million respectively.

Intangible Lease Assets

Intangible Lease Assets consist of capitalized below-market in-place ground leases and are amortized as adjustments to land rent expense over the weighted-average remaining term of the respective leases. CatchMark Timber Trust had net below-market lease assets of approximately $26,113 and $29,634 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and recognized amortization of this asset of approximately $3,521, $85,766, and $217,778 in 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively.