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Deferred Charges | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Deferred Charges [Abstract] |
Deferred Charges | 4. Deferred Charges Deferred charges consisted of the following at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Leasing costs, including lease related intangibles |  | $ | 1,191,297 |  |  | $ | 1,147,181 |
Financing costs |  | 12,796 |  |  | 14,991 |
|  | 1,204,093 |  |  | 1,162,172 |
Less: Accumulated amortization |  | (525,369 | ) |  | (483,134 | )
|  | $ | 678,724 |  |  | $ | 679,038 |
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
2019 | $ | 25,690 |
2020 | 13,051 |
2021 | 8,610 |
2022 | 4,798 |
2023 | 4,107 |

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