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Deferred Charges | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Deferred Charges [Abstract] |
Deferred Charges | 4. Deferred Charges Deferred charges consisted of the following at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (in thousands):
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Leasing costs, including lease related intangibles |  | $ | 1,147,181 |  |  | $ | 1,132,092 |
Financing costs |  | 14,991 |  |  | 6,094 |
|  | 1,162,172 |  |  | 1,138,186 |
Less: Accumulated amortization |  | (483,134 | ) |  | (452,023 | )
|  | $ | 679,038 |  |  | $ | 686,163 |
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
2018 | $ | 33,651 |
2019 | 27,333 |
2020 | 14,464 |
2021 | 8,777 |
2022 | 4,758 |

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