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Deferred Charges | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Deferred Charges [Abstract] |
Deferred Charges | 4. Deferred Charges Deferred charges consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
Leasing costs, including lease related intangibles |  | $ | 1,123,105 |  |  | $ | 1,234,192 |
Financing costs |  | 61,402 |  |  | 69,127 |
|  | 1,184,507 |  |  | 1,303,319 |
Less: Accumulated amortization |  | (451,670 | ) |  | (471,575 | )
|  | $ | 732,837 |  |  | $ | 831,744 |
The following table summarizes the scheduled amortization of the Company’s acquired in-place lease intangibles for each of the five succeeding years (in thousands).
| Acquired In-Place Lease Intangibles
2016 | $ | 52,456 |
2017 | 36,438 |
2018 | 31,913 |
2019 | 26,067 |
2020 | 13,325 |

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