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Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses | Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 (amounts in thousands):
| 2017 |  | 2016
Accrued capital expenditures | $ | 71,769 |  |  | $ | 66,620 |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 32,509 |  |  | 36,246 |
Payable to the estate of Leona M. Helmsley (1) | — |  |  | 18,367 |
Interest rate swap agreements liability | 436 |  |  | 5,591 |
Accrued interest payable | 5,687 |  |  | 6,230 |
Due to affiliated companies | 448 |  |  | 1,010 |
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 110,849 |  |  | $ | 134,064 |
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(1) | Reflects a payable to the estate of Leona M. Helmsley, as required under our formation agreements, for New York City transfer taxes which would have been payable in absence of the estate's exemption from such tax. The taxing authority's final approval of such exemption was issued during the three months ended September 30, 2017, and upon receipt of the confirming documents we made this payment to the estate of Leona M. Helmsley on October 2, 2017.

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