Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

8. Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments

Operating leases, in which we are the lessee, primarily consist of ground leases on which certain of our facilities or other related property reside along with corporate office and equipment leases. The ground leases are long-term leases (almost all having terms for approximately 30 years or more), some of which contain escalation provisions and one contains a purchase option. Properties subject to these ground leases are subleased to our tenants. Lease and rental expense (which is recorded on the straight-line method) for 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, were $4.6 million, $2.3 million, and $2.3 million, which was offset by sublease rental income of $2.3 million, $0.2 million, and $0.5 million for 2015, 2014, and 2013, respectively.

Fixed minimum payments due under operating leases with non-cancelable terms of more than one year and amounts to be received in the future from non-cancelable subleases at December 31, 2015 are as follows: (amounts in thousands)


	Fixed minimum payments		Amounts to be received from subleases			Net payments
2016	$	5,119		$ (2,477	)	$	2,642
2017		5,157		(2,502	)		2,655
2018		5,125		(2,504	)		2,621
2019		4,803		(2,522	)		2,281
2020		4,896		(2,621	)		2,275
Thereafter		140,049		(130,819	)		9,230

	$	165,149		($143,445	)	$	21,704

Contingencies

We are a party to various legal proceedings incidental to our business. In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, the ultimate liability, if any, with respect to those proceedings is not presently expected to materially affect our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.