TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

16           TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

The Company leases its corporate office space from a former affiliate.  The rent for the corporate office space is a gross rent that includes real estate taxes and common area maintenance.  In July 2009, the Company extended the lease on its corporate office space through September 2019 (with a right to terminate the lease in 2016, at the Company’s option), plus two five-year renewal options.  Rental expense was $1,377, $1,350 and $1,353 for each of the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.