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Property and Equipment, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Property and Equipment, Net |
Schedule of property and equipment, net |
|  | December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Computer hardware |  | $ | 8,519 |  | $ | 3,935 |
Furniture and office equipment |  |  | 5,354 |  |  | 2,204 |
Leasehold improvements |  |  | 42,086 |  |  | 6,689 |
Leasehold improvements in process |  |  | 194 |  |  | 6,864 |
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Total |  |  | 56,153 |  |  | 19,692 |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | (7,098 | ) |  | (4,096 | )
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Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 49,055 |  | $ | 15,596 |
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