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Other Investments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
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 from equity method investments were as follows ($ in thousands):
|  |  | Equity in Earnings
| Carrying Value as of |  | For the Three Months Ended September 30, |  | For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
| September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Real estate equity investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
iStar Net Lease I LLC ("Net Lease Venture") | $ | 110,153 |  |  | $ | 92,669 |  |  | $ | 962 |  |  | $ | 723 |  |  | $ | 2,975 |  |  | $ | 2,613 |
Safety, Income & Growth Inc. ("SAFE")(1) | 75,023 |  |  | — |  |  | 340 |  |  | — |  |  | 388 |  |  | — |
Marina Palms, LLC ("Marina Palms") | 5,369 |  |  | 35,185 |  |  | 494 |  |  | 6,182 |  |  | 4,794 |  |  | 19,583 |
Other real estate equity investments(2) | 79,768 |  |  | 53,202 |  |  | 55 |  |  | 16,289 |  |  | 4,304 |  |  | 43,187 |
Subtotal | 270,313 |  |  | 181,056 |  |  | 1,851 |  |  | 23,194 |  |  | 12,461 |  |  | 65,383 |
Other strategic investments(3) | 18,724 |  |  | 33,350 |  |  | 610 |  |  | 3,346 |  |  | 1,216 |  |  | 8,871 |
Total | $ | 289,037 |  |  | $ | 214,406 |  |  | $ | 2,461 |  |  | $ | 26,540 |  |  | $ | 13,677 |  |  | $ | 74,254 |
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(1) | Equity in earnings is for the period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017.
(2) | In June 2016, a majority-owned consolidated subsidiary of the Company sold its interest in a real estate equity method investment for net proceeds of $39.8 million and recognized a gain of $31.5 million, of which $10.1 million of the gain was attributable to the noncontrolling interest. In September 2016, the Company received a distribution from one of its real estate equity method investments and recognized equity in earnings during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 of $15.8 million and $11.6 million, respectively.
(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, 2016, the Company recognized $0.6 million and $4.3 million, respectively, of carried interest income.
Summarized investee financial information | The following table presents the investee level summarized financial information of the Company's equity method investments, which were significant subsidiaries for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 ($ in thousands):
| Revenues |  | Expenses |  | Net Income Attributable to Parent Entities
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 |  |  |  |  |
Marina Palms | $ | 37,668 |  |  | $ | (24,209 | ) |  | $ | 13,459 |
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 |  |  |  |  |
Marina Palms | $ | 129,697 |  |  | $ | (72,736 | ) |  | $ | 56,961 |

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