LEASES

A summary of rent expense under operating lease agreements is as follows:



	2018		2017		2016
Minimum rent	$	24,920	$	20,421	$	15,408
Deferred rent	1,241		838		2,122
Contingent rent	4,805		4,902		4,294
Total rent expense	$	30,966	$	26,161	$	21,824

The rent expense above does not include common area maintenance costs, real estate taxes and other occupancy costs, which were $6,479, $4,570 and $3,229 in fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

As of December 26, 2018, future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases and lease financing arrangements consisted of the following:



	Operating Leases		Deemed Landlord Financing⁽¹⁾
2019	$	31,785	$	4,487
2020	32,819		4,755
2021	33,363		4,816
2022	33,934		4,889
2023	33,588		5,085
Thereafter	174,145		22,659
Total minimum lease payments	$	339,634	$	46,691


(1)	Amounts include minimum lease payments for one lease under construction as of December 26, 2018 where we are deemed the accounting owner. Final classification of lease payments under deemed landlord financing is subject to change pending sale lease-back analysis performed at the store opening date.

As of December 26, 2018, we had 24 leases where we are involved in the construction of the leased assets and have been deemed the accounting owner of the construction project. The deemed landlord financing liability related to these leases was $20,846 as of December 26, 2018. As of December 27, 2017, we had 23 leases where we are involved in the construction of the leased assets and have been deemed the accounting owner of the construction project. The deemed landlord financing liability related to those leases was $14,518 as of December 27, 2017.