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Deferred Charges | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Deferred Charges [Abstract] |
Deferred Charges | 4. Deferred Charges Deferred charges consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
Leasing costs, including lease related intangibles |  | $ | 1,132,092 |  |  | $ | 1,123,105 |
Financing costs |  | 6,094 |  |  | 6,094 |
|  | 1,138,186 |  |  | 1,129,199 |
Less: Accumulated amortization |  | (452,023 | ) |  | (424,332 | )
|  | $ | 686,163 |  |  | $ | 704,867 |
On January 1, 2016, the Company adopted ASU 2015-03 and retrospectively applied the guidance to its Mortgage Notes Payable and Unsecured Senior Notes for all periods presented (See Note 2). Unamortized deferred financing costs, which were previously included in Deferred Charges, Net, totaling approximately $2.4 million and $35.3 million are included in Mortgage Notes Payable, Net and Unsecured Senior Notes, Net, respectively, as of December 31, 2016 and approximately $3.5 million and $24.5 million are included in Mortgage Notes Payable, Net and Unsecured Senior Notes, Net, respectively, as of December 31, 2015. Net unamortized deferred financing costs associated with the Company's Unsecured Line of Credit totaling approximately $1.9 million and $3.1 million as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, continue to be presented within Deferred Charges, Net as there is no balance outstanding. 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
2017 | $ | 37,547 |
2018 | 32,831 |
2019 | 26,556 |
2020 | 13,885 |
2021 | 8,365 |

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