Interest Expense And Interest Income (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Interest Income Expense Net [Abstract]

Schedule of Interest Expense and Interest Income

Net interest expense consisted of the following (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016			2015
Interest expense (1)	$	27,288		$	8,911
Amortization of loan costs		1,240			381
Interest income		(839	)		(1,315	)
Interest expense, net	$	27,689		$	7,977

(1) Interest expense related to the VIEs was approximately $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015.