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Deferred Costs | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Deferred Costs [Text Block] | DEFERRED COSTS As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company’s deferred costs were comprised of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, 2014
| Total Cost |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Deferred Costs, net
Leasing Costs | $ | 164,081 |  |  | $ | (64,065 | ) |  | $ | 100,016 |
Financing Costs | 40,401 |  |  | (15,193 | ) |  | 25,208 |
Total | $ | 204,482 |  |  | $ | (79,258 | ) |  | $ | 125,224 |
| 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 the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company capitalized internal direct leasing costs of $7.1 million, $7.5 million, and $7.5 million, respectively, in accordance with the accounting standard for the capitalization of leasing costs.

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