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INTANGIBLES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Intangible Assets, Intangible Liabilities, And Goodwill Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Intangibles | The following is a summary of our intangibles as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
| September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
| 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 | $ | 186,424 |  |  | 7.4 |  | $ | 155,161 |  |  | 7.0
In-place and other lease intangibles | 1,336,284 |  |  | 23.3 |  | 1,189,261 |  |  | 20.9
Goodwill | 1,043,075 |  |  | N/A |  | 1,047,497 |  |  | N/A
Other intangibles | 35,819 |  |  | 10.3 |  | 35,792 |  |  | 8.6
Accumulated amortization | (748,554 | ) |  | N/A |  | (655,176 | ) |  | N/A
Net intangible assets | $ | 1,853,048 |  |  | 21.2 |  | $ | 1,772,535 |  |  | 19.2
Intangible liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Below market lease intangibles | $ | 350,637 |  |  | 14.2 |  | $ | 256,034 |  |  | 14.2
Other lease intangibles | 40,851 |  |  | 38.0 |  | 35,925 |  |  | 30.1
Accumulated amortization | (127,426 | ) |  | N/A |  | (113,647 | ) |  | N/A
Purchase option intangibles | 3,568 |  |  | N/A |  | 3,568 |  |  | N/A
Net intangible liabilities | $ | 267,630 |  |  | 15.9 |  | $ | 181,880 |  |  | 15.6
N/A—Not Applicable.

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