Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: mastercard incorporated notes to consolidated financial statements 2014 ( continued ) ( in thousands , except percent and per share data ) equity awards was $ 30333 , $ 20726 and $ 19828 for the years ended december 31 , 2009 , 2008 and 2007 , respectively . the income tax benefit related to options exercised during 2009 was $ 7545 . the additional paid-in capital balance attributed to the equity awards was $ 197350 , $ 135538 and $ 114637 as of december 31 , 2009 , 2008 and 2007 , respectively . on july 18 , 2006 , the company 2019s stockholders approved the mastercard incorporated 2006 non-employee director equity compensation plan ( the 201cdirector plan 201d ) . the director plan provides for awards of deferred stock units ( 201cdsus 201d ) to each director of the company who is not a current employee of the company . there are 100 shares of class a common stock reserved for dsu awards under the director plan . during the years ended december 31 , 2009 , 2008 and 2007 , the company granted 7 dsus , 4 dsus and 8 dsus , respectively . the fair value of the dsus was based on the closing stock price on the new york stock exchange of the company 2019s class a common stock on the date of grant . the weighted average grant-date fair value of dsus granted during the years ended december 31 , 2009 , 2008 and 2007 was $ 168.18 , $ 284.92 and $ 139.27 , respectively . the dsus vested immediately upon grant and will be settled in shares of the company 2019s class a common stock on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant . accordingly , the company recorded general and administrative expense of $ 1151 , $ 1209 and $ 1051 for the dsus for the years ended december 31 , 2009 , 2008 and 2007 , respectively . the total income tax benefit recognized in the income statement for dsus was $ 410 , $ 371 and $ 413 for the years ended december 31 , 2009 , 2008 and 2007 , respectively . note 18 . commitments at december 31 , 2009 , the company had the following future minimum payments due under non-cancelable agreements : capital leases operating leases sponsorship , licensing & .
||total|capital leases|operating leases|sponsorship licensing & other|
|2010|$ 283987|$ 7260|$ 25978|$ 250749|
|2011|146147|4455|17710|123982|
|2012|108377|3221|15358|89798|
|2013|59947|36838|10281|12828|
|2014|13998|2014|8371|5627|
|thereafter|25579|2014|22859|2720|
|total|$ 638035|$ 51774|$ 100557|$ 485704|
included in the table above are capital leases with imputed interest expense of $ 7929 and a net present value of minimum lease payments of $ 43845 . in addition , at december 31 , 2009 , $ 63616 of the future minimum payments in the table above for leases , sponsorship , licensing and other agreements was accrued . consolidated rental expense for the company 2019s office space , which is recognized on a straight line basis over the life of the lease , was approximately $ 39586 , $ 42905 and $ 35614 for the years ended december 31 , 2009 , 2008 and 2007 , respectively . consolidated lease expense for automobiles , computer equipment and office equipment was $ 9137 , $ 7694 and $ 7679 for the years ended december 31 , 2009 , 2008 and 2007 , respectively . in january 2003 , mastercard purchased a building in kansas city , missouri for approximately $ 23572 . the building is a co-processing data center which replaced a back-up data center in lake success , new york . during 2003 , mastercard entered into agreements with the city of kansas city for ( i ) the sale-leaseback of the building and related equipment which totaled $ 36382 and ( ii ) the purchase of municipal bonds for the same amount .
Question: what was the average rental expense from 2007 to 2009


Answer: The answer is:59054.0