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Favorable Lease Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Favorable Lease Assets | In connection with the acquisition of certain hotels, we have recognized intangible assets for favorable ground leases and tenant leases. Our favorable lease assets, net of accumulated amortization, as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 consist of the following (in thousands):
| 2012 |  | 2011
Boston Westin Waterfront Ground Lease | $ | 18,726 |  |  | $ | 18,941 |
Boston Westin Waterfront — Lease Right | 9,045 |  |  | 9,513 |
Minneapolis Hilton Ground Lease | 5,910 |  |  | 5,985 |
Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort Ground Lease | 5,489 |  |  | 7,352 |
Lexington Hotel New York Tenant Leases | 1,323 |  |  | 1,494 |
Hilton Boston Downtown Tenant Leases | 479 |  |  | — |
| $ | 40,972 |  |  | $ | 43,285 |
The favorable lease assets are recorded at the acquisition date and are generally amortized using the straight-line method over the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease agreement. Amortization expense was $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 and $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. We own a favorable lease asset related to the right to acquire a leasehold interest in a parcel of land adjacent to the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel for the development of a 320 to 350 room hotel (the “lease right”). The option expires in 2016. We do not amortize the lease right but review the asset for impairment annually or at interim periods if events or circumstances indicate that the asset may be impaired. An impairment loss of $0.5 million was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2012 due to lower comparable market rents in the City of Boston. No impairment loss was recorded in 2011. We evaluated the Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort's favorable ground lease asset for recoverability of the carrying value during the year ended December 31, 2012. We concluded that the fair value of the ground lease was $5.6 million resulting in an impairment loss of $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. The impairment of the favorable ground lease asset is included in the impairment losses on the consolidated statements of operations. The new carrying value of the favorable ground lease asset will be amortized over the remaining non-cancelable term of the ground lease. The fair value of both the lease right and favorable ground lease asset are Level 3 measurements under the fair value hierarchy (see Note 2) and are derived from a discounted cash flow model using the favorable difference between the estimated participating rents or actual rents in accordance with the lease terms and the estimated market rents. For the lease right, the discount rate was estimated using a risk adjusted rate of return, the estimated participating rents were estimated based on a hypothetical hotel comparable to our Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, and market rents were based on comparable long-term ground leases in the City of Boston. For the Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort's favorable ground lease asset, the discount rate was estimated using a risk adjusted rate of return and market rents were based on comparable golf course leases across the United States.

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