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INTANGIBLES (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Intangible Assets, Intangible Liabilities, And Goodwill Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Intangibles | The following is a summary of our intangibles as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
| June 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| 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 | $ | 186,323 |  |  | 7.2 |  | $ | 184,993 |  |  | 6.9
In-place and other lease intangibles | 1,347,850 |  | 23.6 |  | 1,325,636 |  |  | 23.6
Goodwill | 1,034,054 |  | N/A |  | 1,033,225 |  |  | N/A
Other intangibles | 35,840 |  |  | 12.0 |  | 35,783 |  |  | 11.3
Accumulated amortization | (818,055 | ) |  | N/A |  | (769,558 | ) |  | N/A
Net intangible assets | $ | 1,786,012 |  |  | 21.5 |  | $ | 1,810,079 |  |  | 21.5
Intangible liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Below market lease intangibles | $ | 361,009 |  |  | 13.8 |  | $ | 345,103 |  |  | 14.1
Other lease intangibles | 40,343 |  |  | 39.5 |  | 40,843 |  |  | 38.5
Accumulated amortization | (148,110 | ) |  | N/A |  | (133,468 | ) |  | N/A
Purchase option intangibles | 3,568 |  |  | N/A |  | 3,568 |  |  | N/A
Net intangible liabilities | $ | 256,810 |  |  | 15.6 |  | $ | 256,046 |  |  | 15.9
N/A—Not Applicable.

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