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Other Investments (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2015
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items] |
Schedule of other investments and its proportionate share of results for equity method investments | The Company's other investments and its proportionate share of results from equity method investments were as follows ($ in thousands):
| Carrying Value as of |  | Equity in Earnings
| June 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014 |  | For the Three Months Ended June 30, |  | For the Six Months Ended June 30,
|  |  |  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
iStar Net Lease I LLC ("Net Lease Venture") | $ | 70,409 |  |  | $ | 125,361 |  |  | $ | 1,666 |  |  | $ | 164 |  |  | $ | 3,299 |  |  | $ | (198 | )
Other real estate equity investments | 84,119 |  |  | 88,848 |  |  | (337 | ) |  | 1,561 |  |  | (1,638 | ) |  | 2,495 |
Other investments(1) | 50,088 |  |  | 63,262 |  |  | 2,765 |  |  | 24,640 |  |  | 4,498 |  |  | 27,974 |
Madison Funds | 44,589 |  |  | 45,971 |  |  | (408 | ) |  | (1,989 | ) |  | (445 | ) |  | (2,391 | )
Marina Palms, LLC ("Marina Palms") | 40,295 |  |  | 30,677 |  |  | 5,099 |  |  | (283 | ) |  | 9,618 |  |  | (610 | )
Total other investments | 289,500 |  |  | 354,119 |  |  | $ | 8,785 |  |  | $ | 24,093 |  |  | $ | 15,332 |  |  | $ | 27,270 |
Explanatory Note: _______________________________________________________________________________
(1) | For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company recognized $23.4 million of earnings from equity method investments resulting from asset sales by one of its equity method investees.
Equity Method Investments, Significant Subsidiaries [Member] |
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items] |
Equity Method Investments | The following tables present the investee level summarized financial information of the Company's equity method investments, which were significant subsidiaries as of June 30, 2015 ($ in thousands):
| Revenues |  | Expenses |  | Net Income Attributable to Parent Entities
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 |  |  |  |  |
Marina Palms | $ | 71,852 |  |  | $ | (45,523 | ) |  | $ | 26,329 |
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 |  |  |  |  |
Marina Palms | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | (1,304 | ) |  | $ | (1,256 | )

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