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Other Investments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract] |
Schedule of other investments and its proportionate share of results for equity method investments | The Company's other investments and its proportionate share of earnings (losses) from equity method investments were as follows ($ in thousands):
| Carrying Value as of |  | Equity in Earnings (Losses)
| September 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014 |  | For the Three Months Ended September 30, |  | For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
|  |  |  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
iStar Net Lease I LLC ("Net Lease Venture") | $ | 68,719 |  |  | $ | 125,361 |  |  | $ | 971 |  |  | $ | 349 |  |  | $ | 4,270 |  |  | $ | 152 |
Other real estate equity investments(1) | 81,437 |  |  | 88,848 |  |  | (2,906 | ) |  | 33,509 |  |  | (4,545 | ) |  | 36,004 |
Other investments(2)(3) | 51,751 |  |  | 63,262 |  |  | 2,159 |  |  | 11,889 |  |  | 6,658 |  |  | 39,863 |
Madison Funds | 38,299 |  |  | 45,971 |  |  | 331 |  |  | 3,982 |  |  | (115 | ) |  | 1,591 |
Marina Palms, LLC ("Marina Palms") | 50,313 |  |  | 30,677 |  |  | 10,017 |  |  | (151 | ) |  | 19,636 |  |  | (762 | )
Total other investments | 290,519 |  |  | 354,119 |  |  | $ | 10,572 |  |  | $ | 49,578 |  |  | $ | 25,904 |  |  | $ | 76,848 |
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(1) | For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recognized $32.9 million of earnings from equity method investments resulting from asset sales by one of its equity method investees.
(2) | For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recognized $23.4 million of earnings from equity method investments resulting from asset sales and a legal settlement by one of its equity method investees.
(3) | In conjunction with the sale of the Company's interests in Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. in 2011, the Company retained a share of the carried interest related to various funds. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recognized $9.0 million of carried interest income.
Summarized investee financial information | The following table presents the investee level summarized financial information of the Company's equity method investments, which were significant subsidiaries for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 ($ in thousands):
| Revenues |  | Expenses |  | Net Income Attributable to Parent Entities
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 |  |  |  |  |
Marina Palms | $ | 142,419 |  |  | $ | (88,661 | ) |  | $ | 53,758 |
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 |  |  |  |  |
Marina Palms | $ | 86 |  |  | $ | (1,694 | ) |  | $ | (1,608 | )

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