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JOINT VENTURES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Schedule of changes in noncontrolling interests | The following tables present the changes in noncontrolling interests for our consolidated JVs (described in greater detail below), which are reported in equity and mezzanine equity on our consolidated balance sheets:
| Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests |  | Mezzanine Equity - Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
| Ares JV |  | BSP JV |  | Total |  | Ares JV |  |  |  | Total
| (in millions)
Balance, December 31, 2018 (Predecessor) | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 99 |  |  | $ | 114 |  |  | $ | 756 |  |  |  |  | $ | 756 |
Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (7) |  |  | 17 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 117 |  |  |  |  | 117 |
Contributions from noncontrolling interest holders, net | — |  |  | 49 |  |  | 49 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |
Distributions to noncontrolling interest holders | (8) |  |  | (72) |  |  | (80) |  |  | (71) |  |  |  |  | (71) |
Balance, December 31, 2019 (Predecessor) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 93 |  |  | $ | 93 |  |  | $ | 802 |  |  |  |  | $ | 802 |
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests | 3 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 94 |  |  |  |  | 94 |
Distributions to noncontrolling interest holders | (3) |  |  | (34) |  |  | (37) |  |  | (67) |  |  |  |  | (67) |
Modification of noncontrolling interest | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (138) |  |  |  |  | (138) |
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (691) |  |  |  |  | (691) |
Impact of fresh start accounting | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |
Balance, October 31, 2020 (Predecessor) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  | $ | — |

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