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INTANGIBLES (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2015
Intangible Assets, Intangible Liabilities, And Goodwill Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Intangibles | The following is a summary of our intangibles as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
| June 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
| Balance |  | Remaining Weighted Average Amortization Period in Years |  | Balance |  | Remaining Weighted Average Amortization Period in Years
| (Dollars in thousands)
Intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Above market lease intangibles | $ | 224,563 |  |  | 8.2 |  | $ | 210,573 |  |  | 8.2
In-place and other lease intangibles | 1,083,488 |  |  | 19.3 |  | 829,078 |  |  | 23.9
Goodwill and other intangibles | 1,230,458 |  |  | 8.2 |  | 489,384 |  |  | 7.9
Accumulated amortization | (619,192 | ) |  | N/A |  | (549,026 | ) |  | N/A
Net intangible assets | $ | 1,919,317 |  |  | 17.2 |  | $ | 980,009 |  |  | 19.9
Intangible liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Below market lease intangibles | $ | 453,750 |  |  | 14.6 |  | $ | 425,092 |  |  | 14.7
Other lease intangibles | 36,067 |  |  | 30.6 |  | 32,103 |  |  | 26.1
Accumulated amortization | (171,651 | ) |  | N/A |  | (158,480 | ) |  | N/A
Purchase option intangibles | 22,644 |  |  | N/A |  | 22,900 |  |  | N/A
Net intangible liabilities | $ | 340,810 |  |  | 15.4 |  | $ | 321,615 |  |  | 15.2
N/A—Not Applicable.

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