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Acquisitions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Acquisitions [Abstract]  
Acquisitions


6.ACQUISITIONS

The following table summarizes the Company’s acquisition activity:

For the three months

For the six months

ended June 30,

ended June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2023

(in thousands)

Acquisitions of towers and related assets

$

27,899

$

9,571

$

38,194

$

22,351

Land buyouts and other assets (1)

13,718

10,237

22,828

17,386

Total cash acquisition capital expenditures

$

41,617

$

19,808

$

61,022

$

39,737

(1)Excludes $3.7 million and $2.7 million spent to extend ground lease terms for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and excludes $9.3 million and $7.9 million spent to extend ground lease terms for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company recorded these amounts in prepaid ground rent within prepaid expenses and other current assets on its Consolidated Balance Sheets.

During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company acquired 128 towers and related assets and liabilities consisting of $13.4 million of property and equipment, net, $24.3 million of intangible assets, net, $9.5 million of operating lease right-of-use assets, net, $3.4 million of acquisition related holdbacks, $5.3 million of long-term lease liabilities, and $0.2 million of other net liabilities assumed. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company concluded that for all of its tower acquisitions substantially all of the value is concentrated in a group of similar identifiable assets.

Additionally, subsequent to June 30, 2024, the Company purchased or is under contract to purchase 106 communication sites which are expected to close prior to year-end at the time of this report for an aggregate consideration of $49.3 million in cash.

The maximum potential obligation related to contingent consideration for closed acquisitions was $15.1 million and $17.9 million as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. No such amounts have been recorded on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.