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Deferred Costs, Acquired Lease Intangibles and Goodwill (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Deferred Costs, Net | Deferred costs, net consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
| Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization
Leasing costs | $ | 97,971 |  |  | $ | (31,687 | ) |  | $ | 90,198 |  |  | $ | (27,459 | )
Financing costs | 26,589 |  |  | (12,477 | ) |  | 27,416 |  |  | (11,217 | )
Total deferred costs | $ | 124,560 |  |  | $ | (44,164 | ) |  | $ | 117,614 |  |  | $ | (38,676 | )
Schedule of Amortizing Acquired Intangible Assets and Liabilities | Amortizing acquired intangible assets and liabilities consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
| September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
| Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization
Acquired below-market ground leases | $ | 395,784 |  |  | $ | (3,028 | ) |  | $ | 62,738 |  |  | $ | (426 | )
Acquired in-place lease value and deferred leasing costs | 273,187 |  |  | (34,134 | ) |  | 186,415 |  |  | (5,697 | )
Acquired above-market leases | 85,116 |  |  | (12,168 | ) |  | 72,123 |  |  | (2,858 | )
Acquired below-market leases | (170,964 | ) |  | 22,471 |  |  | (134,651 | ) |  | 4,769 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amounts paid in advance for capitalized costs that will be expensed with the passage of time or the occurrence of a triggering event, and will be charged against earnings within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer; the aggregate carrying amount of current assets, not separately presented elsewhere in the balance sheet; and other deferred costs. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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