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INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
3. | INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible Assets, Net consists of the following:
|  | March 31, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets/Contractual Rights |  | $ | 1,464,017 |  |  | $ | 1,464,017 |
Accumulated Amortization |  |  | (1,029,984 | ) |  |  | (1,005,184 | )
Intangible Assets, Net |  | $ | 434,033 |  |  | $ | 458,833 |
Amortization expense associated with Blackstone’s intangible assets was $24.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and $26.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Amortization of Intangible Assets held at March 31, 2015 is expected to be $96.1 million, $85.6 million, $46.5 million, $46.5 million, and $46.4 million for each of the years ending December 31, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively. Blackstone’s intangible assets as of March 31, 2015 are expected to amortize over a weighted-average period of 6.7 years.

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