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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of ground lease arrangements | The table below summarizes our current ground lease arrangements as of September 30, 2020:
Property (1) | Year of Current Expiration | Year of Final Expiration (2)
1185 Avenue of the Americas | 2043 | 2043
625 Madison Avenue | 2022 | 2054
420 Lexington Avenue | 2050 | 2080
711 Third Avenue (3) | 2033 | 2083
461 Fifth Avenue (4) | 2027 | 2084
1055 Washington Blvd, Stamford, Connecticut | 2090 | 2090
1080 Amsterdam Avenue (5) | 2111 | 2111
30 East 40th Street (5) | 2114 | 2114
126 Nassau Street (4)(6) | 2119 | 2119
Other | Various | Various
(1)All leases are classified as operating leases unless otherwise specified. (2)Reflects exercise of all available renewal options. (3)The Company owns 50% of the fee interest. (4)The Company has an option to purchase the ground lease for a fixed price on a specific date. The lease is classified as a financing lease. (5)A portion of the lease is classified as a financing lease. (6)In August 2020, the Company entered into a long-term sublease with an unconsolidated joint venture as part of the capitalization of the 126 Nassau Street development project. See Note 6, "Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures."
Finance lease, liability, maturity | The following is a schedule of future minimum lease payments as evaluated in accordance with ASC 842 for our financing leases and operating leases with initial terms in excess of one year as of September 30, 2020 (in thousands):
| Financing leases |  | Operating leases (1)
Remaining 2020 | $ | 1,974 |  |  | $ | 7,363 |
2021 | 34,885 |  |  | 29,452 |
2022 | 5,881 |  |  | 27,148 |
2023 | 5,927 |  |  | 24,844 |
2024 | 5,999 |  |  | 24,863 |
2025 | 6,266 |  |  | 24,962 |
Thereafter | 1,018,013 |  |  | 618,326 |
Total minimum lease payments | $ | 1,078,945 |  |  | $ | 756,958 |
Amount representing interest | (903,962) |  |  |
Amount discounted using incremental borrowing rate |  |  | (398,539) |
Lease liabilities | $ | 174,983 |  |  | $ | 358,419 |
(1)As of September 30, 2020, the total future minimum payments to be received under non-cancelable subleases is $1.7 billion.
Schedule of future minimum rental payments for operating leases | The following is a schedule of future minimum lease payments as evaluated in accordance with ASC 842 for our financing leases and operating leases with initial terms in excess of one year as of September 30, 2020 (in thousands):
| Financing leases |  | Operating leases (1)
Remaining 2020 | $ | 1,974 |  |  | $ | 7,363 |
2021 | 34,885 |  |  | 29,452 |
2022 | 5,881 |  |  | 27,148 |
2023 | 5,927 |  |  | 24,844 |
2024 | 5,999 |  |  | 24,863 |
2025 | 6,266 |  |  | 24,962 |
Thereafter | 1,018,013 |  |  | 618,326 |
Total minimum lease payments | $ | 1,078,945 |  |  | $ | 756,958 |
Amount representing interest | (903,962) |  |  |
Amount discounted using incremental borrowing rate |  |  | (398,539) |
Lease liabilities | $ | 174,983 |  |  | $ | 358,419 |
(1)As of September 30, 2020, the total future minimum payments to be received under non-cancelable subleases is $1.7 billion.
Lease, cost | The following table provides lease cost information for the Company's operating and financing leases for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Operating Lease Costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease costs before capitalized operating lease costs | $ | 7,751 |  |  | $ | 8,315 |  |  | $ | 24,486 |  |  | $ | 24,918 |
Operating lease costs capitalized | (778) |  |  | (20) |  |  | (2,315) |  |  | (27) |
Operating lease costs, net (1) | 6,973 |  |  | 8,295 |  |  | 22,171 |  |  | 24,891 |
Financing Lease Costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest on financing leases before capitalized interest | 2,198 |  |  | 813 |  |  | 6,010 |  |  | 2,425 |
Interest on financing leases capitalized | (588) |  |  | — |  |  | (2,378) |  |  | — |
Interest on financing leases, net (2) | 1,610 |  |  | 813 |  |  | 3,632 |  |  | 2,425 |
Amortization of right-of-use assets (3) | 304 |  |  | 304 |  |  | 914 |  |  | 914 |
Financing lease costs, net | 1,914 |  |  | 1,117 |  |  | 4,546 |  |  | 3,339 |
(1)This amount is included in operating lease rent in our consolidated statements of operations. (2)These amounts are included in interest expense, net of interest income in our consolidated statements of operations. (3)These amounts are included in depreciation and amortization in our consolidated statements of operations.

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