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Deferred Costs | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Deferred Costs [Text Block] | DEFERRED COSTS As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company’s deferred costs were comprised of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2014
| Total Cost |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Deferred Costs, net
Leasing Costs | $ | 159,517 |  |  | $ | (60,985 | ) |  | $ | 98,532 |
Financing Costs | 40,315 |  |  | (15,631 | ) |  | 24,684 |
Total | $ | 199,832 |  |  | $ | (76,616 | ) |  | $ | 123,216 |
| December 31, 2013
| Total Cost |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Deferred Costs, net
Leasing Costs | $ | 155,885 |  |  | $ | (58,805 | ) |  | $ | 97,080 |
Financing Costs | 40,317 |  |  | (14,443 | ) |  | 25,874 |
Total | $ | 196,202 |  |  | $ | (73,248 | ) |  | $ | 122,954 |
During each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company capitalized internal direct leasing costs of $2.1 million, in accordance with the accounting standard for the capitalization of leasing costs.
Components Of Deferred Costs Net [Table Text Block] | As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company’s deferred costs were comprised of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2014
| Total Cost |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Deferred Costs, net
Leasing Costs | $ | 159,517 |  |  | $ | (60,985 | ) |  | $ | 98,532 |
Financing Costs | 40,315 |  |  | (15,631 | ) |  | 24,684 |
Total | $ | 199,832 |  |  | $ | (76,616 | ) |  | $ | 123,216 |
| December 31, 2013
| Total Cost |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Deferred Costs, net
Leasing Costs | $ | 155,885 |  |  | $ | (58,805 | ) |  | $ | 97,080 |
Financing Costs | 40,317 |  |  | (14,443 | ) |  | 25,874 |
Total | $ | 196,202 |  |  | $ | (73,248 | ) |  | $ | 122,954 |

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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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