COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 15 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

We lease land or buildings at certain properties from third parties. The leases generally provide us with a right of first refusal in the event of a proposed sale of the property by the landlord. Rental payments are expensed as incurred and have, to the extent applicable, been straight-lined over the term of the lease. The following is a summary of our contractual rental expense as presented in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Contractual rent expense, including participation rent	$	3,358	$	3,235
Contractual rent expense, including participation rent and excluding amortization of above and below-market ground leases and straight-line rent	2,128		1,959

See Note 7 and Note 14 for our obligations related to uncertain tax positions and for disclosure of additional contingencies.