Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and equipment

NOTE 3 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The following table identifies the types of property and equipment included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands, except useful lives):

	Original Useful Lives	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Land		$	527,471	$	457,858
Buildings and building improvements	15 – 39 years	1,418,479		1,197,369
Leasehold improvements	3 – 25 years	523,550		483,578
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	3 – 20 years	1,052,846		960,928
Vehicles	5 – 10 years	279,874		251,505
Construction in progress		191,289		255,599
Total property and equipment		3,993,509		3,606,837
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		1,334,949		1,181,734
Net property and equipment		$	2,658,560	$	2,425,103

The Company recorded depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment in the amounts of $193.4 million, $183.2 million and $176.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The contractual terms of all original and amended vehicle capital lease agreements expired in the fourth quarter of 2013. The vehicles under these expired capital lease agreements were either disposed, purchased by the Company or remain under short-term monthly agreements with the original lessor. The gross value of capital lease assets included in the "Vehicles" amount of the above table was $7.0 million at December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, the Company recorded accumulated amortization on these capital lease assets in the amounts of $7.0 million, all of which was included in "accumulated depreciation and amortization" in the above table.