Note 8. Other Assets and Deferred Charges, Net

Other assets and deferred charges, net at December 31, 2015 and 2014 are comprised of the following:


	December 31,
	2015	2014
Lease origination costs (a)	$ 18,394,000	$ 18,180,000
Financing costs	5,490,000	4,256,000
Prepaid expenses	6,104,000	6,689,000
Leasehold improvements, furniture and fixtures	532,000	761,000
Investments related to share-based compensation	539,000	492,000
Other	1,339,000	1,168,000

Total other assets and deferred charges, net	$ 32,398,000	$ 31,546,000

(a)

Lease origination costs include the unamortized balance of intangible lease assets resulting from purchase accounting allocations of $8.0 million (cost of $21.3 million and accumulated amortization of $13.3 million) and $8.4 million (cost of $20.7 million and accumulated amortization of $12.3 million) for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Deferred charges are amortized over the terms of the related agreements. Amortization expense related to deferred charges (including amortization of deferred financing costs included in non-operating income and expense) amounted to $5.2 million, $5.6 million and $5.2 million for 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The unamortized balances of deferred lease origination costs and deferred financing costs are net of accumulated amortization of $25.6 million and $6.9 million, respectively, and will be charged to future operations as follows (lease origination costs through 2080, and financing costs through 2029):


	Lease
	origination	Financing
	costs	costs
2016	$ 3,081,000	$ 1,555,000
2017	2,513,000	1,422,000
2018	2,146,000	1,401,000
2019	1,834,000	580,000
2020	1,342,000	292,000
Thereafter	7,478,000	240,000
	$ 18,394,000	$ 5,490,000